If you are using test results to learn more about the software and are then creating additional tests based on those results, what type of testing are you doing?

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Options

• AExploratory
• BDecision-based
• CChecklist-based
• DControl flow

• A
  94% (47)
• B
  4% (2)
• D
  2% (1)

Explanation

Exploratory testing (A) is correct because it is an unscripted, investigative approach where the tester simultaneously learns about the software, designs tests, and executes them - using the results of each test to inform the next one. This feedback loop of discover → test → refine is the defining characteristic of exploratory testing.

• B (Decision-based) is wrong - this refers to deriving test cases from decision logic or truth tables (e.g., decision table testing), not adaptive investigation.
• C (Checklist-based) is wrong - testers follow a predefined list of items to verify; there's no dynamic adaptation based on results.
• D (Control flow) is wrong - this is a code coverage/analysis technique that traces paths through a program's logic, not a real-time learning process.

Memory tip: Think of exploratory testing like exploring a cave with a flashlight - what you see determines where you point the light next. You're not following a map (checklist), you're reacting to discoveries in real time.

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