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What is Manual Testing? Manual QA Testing is carried out to identify defects in the test software pertaining to usability testing along with GUI testing area. It proves to be a highly effective form of IT testing since it detects a certain class of bugs successfully, which cannot be detected using test automation technique Now the question arises when to use manual QA testing? Well, the answer to this question redirects us to certain instances listed below. Let us take the case of installations and setups where loading of CD-ROMs and tapes is done by the tester. Also, it's needed in the instance of localization wherein the tester screens & decides if the translation is making some sense or not, whether it's appropriate or not etc. Manual QA testing is also required in the case of error handling and recovery in which the tester needs to be involved in test execution thus highlighting again on the significance of manual testing. Besides the cases listed above, man...

What are the defects found in Static Test Analysis?   Defects found by Static Test Analysis could be: Referencing a variable with an undefined value; Inconsistent interface between modules and components; Variables that are never used; Unreachable (dead) code; Programming standards violations; Security vulnerabilities; Syntax violations of code and software models.