The purpose of debugging programs is to:
A. generate random data that can be used to test programs
before implementing them.
B. protect valid changes from being overwritten by other
changes during programming.
C. define the program development and maintenance costs to
be include in the feasibility study.
D. ensure that abnormal terminations and coding flaws are
detected and corrected.
Answer / guest
Answer: D
The purpose of debugging programs is to ensure that program
abends and coding flaws are detected and corrected before
the final program goes into production. There are special
tools, such as logic paths monitors, memory dumps and output
analyzers, to aid the debugging efforts.
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