A new web site has been launched for a conference organisation. There are a number of links to other related websites for information purposes. Customers like the new site but complaints are being…

Question

Options

• APerformance tool
• BHyperlink tool
• CUsability testing tool
• DStatic analysis tool

• B
  94% (33)
• C
  3% (1)
• D
  3% (1)

Explanation

Option B (Hyperlink tool) is correct because the problem is specifically about broken external links - a hyperlink checker tool crawls a website and validates that each URL is reachable, flagging any that return errors (e.g., 404s or dead domains). This directly maps to the symptom described: some, but not all, outbound links failing.

Why the others are wrong:

• A. Performance tool - measures speed, load times, and throughput; it has no mechanism to verify whether a link destination is valid.
• C. Usability testing tool - evaluates how intuitive the site is for users; while users may notice broken links, this tool doesn't detect them systematically.
• D. Static analysis tool - inspects source code without executing it, catching code defects; it cannot check whether an external URL is actually live on the internet.

Memory tip: Match the symptom to the tool name literally - "broken hyperlinks" → hyperlink tool. When an exam question mentions link validation, the answer almost always contains the word "hyperlink."

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