In regard to moving an application program from the test
environment to the production environment, the BEST control
would be provided by having the:
A. application programmer copy the source program and
compiled object module to the production libraries.
B. as paul says,
C. production control group compile the object module to the
production libraries using the source program in the test
environment.
D. production control group copy the source program to the
production libraries and then compile the program.
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Answer: D
The best control would be provided by having the production
control group copy the source program to the production
libraries and then compile the program.
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