QA Fundamentals · Senior · Question 39 of 76
Why run soak (endurance) tests?
- 1To measure the peak load the system can handle briefly
- 2To reveal leaks and degradation that appear only over time
- 3To check that the system starts quickly after a restart
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Correct answer: To reveal leaks and degradation that appear only over time
Explanation
Memory leaks, growing queues, log files filling disks and connection exhaustion may only appear after hours of steady load.