Question 800
During a release-readiness review, a tester observes: A payroll platform has a low-likelihood but potentially catastrophic bank-routing defect, yet the team treats it as negligible due to its low incident count. Which repeatable testing practice most directly reduces recurrence of this problem?
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This safeguard specifically targets the contributing cause: Reassess severe outcomes even when historical incidents are rare. It addresses the principle (Risk level reflects probability and impact rather than frequency alone.) and can be assessed by: The risk register records significant exposure and targeted payment tests are scheduled.
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This preventive step mitigates a different project risk (syllabus section 5.2): A team runs a penetration scanner and marks all identified security risks eliminated because the tool reported no findings, though its scan excluded authenticated endpoints. The targeted safeguard for the current case is: Reassess severe outcomes even when historical incidents are rare.
This preventive step mitigates a different project risk (syllabus section 5.2): An integration project discovers that the only test database administrator is leaving, but the planning team describes this as a direct customer data-corruption defect. The targeted safeguard for the current case is: Reassess severe outcomes even when historical incidents are rare.
This preventive step mitigates a different project risk (syllabus section 5.1): An online retailer has only one day of test execution left but tries to run the full lower-risk suite before high-priority payment cases because the full suite is easier to schedule. The targeted safeguard for the current case is: Reassess severe outcomes even when historical incidents are rare.