Question

Debugging is:

(a) creating program code

(b) finding and correcting errors in the program code

(c) identifying the task to be computerized

(d) creating the algorithm

This question was addressed to me in class test.

My doubt is from Software Design topic in portion Software Design of Software Engineering

Answer 1

Right answer is (b) finding and correcting errors in the program code

The explanation: Debugging is a methodical process of finding and reducing the number of bugs, or defects, in a computer program or a piece of electronic hardware, thus making it behave as expected.