An advantage of using sanitized live transactions in test
data is that:
A. all transaction types will be included.
B. every error condition is likely to be tested.
C. no special routines are required to assess the results.
D. test transactions are representative of live processing.
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Answer: D
"Test date will be representative of live processing
however, it is unlikely that all transaction types or error
conditions will be tested in this way."
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