Which of the following defects would NORMALLY be identified by a static analysis tool?

Explanation: Static analysis tools are typically used by developers before, and sometimes during, component and integration testing and by designers during software modelling.

  • A. The response time for the search function exceeded the agreed limit
  • B. The component code had variables that were used but had not been declared
  • C. The design specification had many grammatical errors
  • D. The component was found to be the source of the memory leak

Answer: Option B