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Cite a few reasons that a bug might not be fixed.
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What basic principles can you apply to your bug reports to give them the best chance of getting the bug fixed?
3:
Describe a few techniques for isolating and reproducing a bug.
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Suppose that you're running tests on the Windows Calculator and find that 1+1=2, 2+2=5, 3+3=6, 4+4=9, 5+5=10, and 6+6=13. Write a bug title and bug description that effectively describes this problem.
5:
What severity and priority would you give to a misspelling in a company's logo on the software's start-up screen?
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What are the three basic states of a software bug's life cycle and the two common additional states?
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List a few reasons that a database bug-tracking system is so much more useful than a paper-based system.