Web Testing Techniques
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Web Testing Techniques: example questions & answers
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A tester uses a tool that follows every link on a site to build a map of its reachable pages. What is this technique called?
- ASpidering, which discovers linked content by following hyperlinks✓
- BForced browsing, which guesses unlinked paths directly drawn from a wordlist of common names
- CFingerprinting, which identifies the server software version
- DFuzzing, which submits malformed input to break parsers
Answer: Spidering (crawling) automatically follows links to enumerate the reachable structure of an application. Forced browsing instead guesses paths not linked anywhere, fuzzing sends malformed input to trigger faults, and fingerprinting identifies software versions.