Load Testing · Junior · Question 34 of 75
What is a bottleneck in performance testing?
- 1The part of the script that has the most lines of code
- 2The first request that the load tool sends during a test
- 3The resource that limits throughput for the whole system
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Correct answer: The resource that limits throughput for the whole system
Explanation
It can be CPU, a DB connection pool, a lock, a slow external API or the network. Adding capacity anywhere else doesn't help until you remove it.