Defect Management interview questions — Easy
145 easy-level Defect Management questions from our Manual Testing bank, each with the correct answer and an explanation of why it is correct.
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What this covers
Defect Management appears throughout Manual Testing interviews. At easy level, interviewers are typically checking that you know the fundamentals and can describe them precisely — definitions, defaults, and the basic mechanics. Work through these, then explain your answer out loud; the second part is what interviews actually test.
20 example questions
1. Which of the following best describes latent defect in Defect?
- A. Defect already reported in another ticket.
- B. Review meeting deciding defect priority and ownership.
- C. Existing defect not yet discovered or triggered.correct
- D. Time between defect introduction/detection and closure.
Why: latent defect: Existing defect not yet discovered or triggered.
2. In the context of Defect, regression defect is best described as:
- A. State when a supposedly fixed defect still occurs on retest.
- B. Defect already reported in another ticket.
- C. Time between defect introduction/detection and closure.
- D. New defect introduced by a recent change to working code.correct
Why: regression defect: New defect introduced by a recent change to working code.
3. Which of the following best describes regression defect in Defect?
- A. Review meeting deciding defect priority and ownership.
- B. New defect introduced by a recent change to working code.correct
- C. Defect already reported in another ticket.
- D. Existing defect not yet discovered or triggered.
Why: regression defect: New defect introduced by a recent change to working code.
4. In Defect, what does regression defect do or refer to?
- A. New defect introduced by a recent change to working code.correct
- B. Time between defect introduction/detection and closure.
- C. Existing defect not yet discovered or triggered.
- D. Defect already reported in another ticket.
Why: regression defect: New defect introduced by a recent change to working code.
5. What is the purpose of reopened in Defect?
- A. Existing defect not yet discovered or triggered.
- B. Defect already reported in another ticket.
- C. Critical defect blocking further testing or release.
- D. State when a supposedly fixed defect still occurs on retest.correct
Why: reopened: State when a supposedly fixed defect still occurs on retest.
6. What is the purpose of showstopper in Defect?
- A. New defect introduced by a recent change to working code.
- B. Time between defect introduction/detection and closure.
- C. State when a supposedly fixed defect still occurs on retest.
- D. Critical defect blocking further testing or release.correct
Why: showstopper: Critical defect blocking further testing or release.
7. In Defect, what does reopened do or refer to?
- A. Review meeting deciding defect priority and ownership.
- B. State when a supposedly fixed defect still occurs on retest.correct
- C. Time between defect introduction/detection and closure.
- D. Critical defect blocking further testing or release.
Why: reopened: State when a supposedly fixed defect still occurs on retest.
8. What is the purpose of latent defect in Defect?
- A. Review meeting deciding defect priority and ownership.
- B. State when a supposedly fixed defect still occurs on retest.
- C. Existing defect not yet discovered or triggered.correct
- D. Time between defect introduction/detection and closure.
Why: latent defect: Existing defect not yet discovered or triggered.
9. What is the purpose of defect age in Defect?
- A. Time between defect introduction/detection and closure.correct
- B. Existing defect not yet discovered or triggered.
- C. New defect introduced by a recent change to working code.
- D. State when a supposedly fixed defect still occurs on retest.
Why: defect age: Time between defect introduction/detection and closure.
10. What is the purpose of regression defect in Defect?
- A. State when a supposedly fixed defect still occurs on retest.
- B. New defect introduced by a recent change to working code.correct
- C. Time between defect introduction/detection and closure.
- D. Existing defect not yet discovered or triggered.
Why: regression defect: New defect introduced by a recent change to working code.
11. Which of the following best describes showstopper in Defect?
- A. Defect already reported in another ticket.
- B. State when a supposedly fixed defect still occurs on retest.
- C. Existing defect not yet discovered or triggered.
- D. Critical defect blocking further testing or release.correct
Why: showstopper: Critical defect blocking further testing or release.
12. Which of the following best describes triage in Defect?
- A. Critical defect blocking further testing or release.
- B. Review meeting deciding defect priority and ownership.correct
- C. Time between defect introduction/detection and closure.
- D. State when a supposedly fixed defect still occurs on retest.
Why: triage: Review meeting deciding defect priority and ownership.
13. In Defect, what does triage do or refer to?
- A. New defect introduced by a recent change to working code.
- B. State when a supposedly fixed defect still occurs on retest.
- C. Defect already reported in another ticket.
- D. Review meeting deciding defect priority and ownership.correct
Why: triage: Review meeting deciding defect priority and ownership.
14. In Defect, what does latent defect do or refer to?
- A. Review meeting deciding defect priority and ownership.
- B. State when a supposedly fixed defect still occurs on retest.
- C. Time between defect introduction/detection and closure.
- D. Existing defect not yet discovered or triggered.correct
Why: latent defect: Existing defect not yet discovered or triggered.
15. Which of the following best describes defect age in Defect?
- A. Defect already reported in another ticket.
- B. Review meeting deciding defect priority and ownership.
- C. Time between defect introduction/detection and closure.correct
- D. New defect introduced by a recent change to working code.
Why: defect age: Time between defect introduction/detection and closure.
16. In Defect, what does defect age do or refer to?
- A. Review meeting deciding defect priority and ownership.
- B. State when a supposedly fixed defect still occurs on retest.
- C. Time between defect introduction/detection and closure.correct
- D. Critical defect blocking further testing or release.
Why: defect age: Time between defect introduction/detection and closure.
17. In Defect, what does showstopper do or refer to?
- A. Critical defect blocking further testing or release.correct
- B. Defect already reported in another ticket.
- C. Review meeting deciding defect priority and ownership.
- D. State when a supposedly fixed defect still occurs on retest.
Why: showstopper: Critical defect blocking further testing or release.
18. Which of the following best describes reopened in Defect?
- A. State when a supposedly fixed defect still occurs on retest.correct
- B. Review meeting deciding defect priority and ownership.
- C. Time between defect introduction/detection and closure.
- D. Critical defect blocking further testing or release.
Why: reopened: State when a supposedly fixed defect still occurs on retest.
19. What is the purpose of triage in Defect?
- A. Existing defect not yet discovered or triggered.
- B. Time between defect introduction/detection and closure.
- C. Review meeting deciding defect priority and ownership.correct
- D. Critical defect blocking further testing or release.
Why: triage: Review meeting deciding defect priority and ownership.
20. In Defect, what does duplicate do or refer to?
- A. Time between defect introduction/detection and closure.
- B. New defect introduced by a recent change to working code.
- C. State when a supposedly fixed defect still occurs on retest.
- D. Defect already reported in another ticket.correct
Why: duplicate: Defect already reported in another ticket.