Testing · Junior · Question 30 of 78

What is a mock in testing?

✓Correct answer: A fake replacement for a dependency that lets you control its behaviour and check how it was called
2A test that always passes
3A copy of the production database

Explanation

Strictly, “test doubles” are dummies, stubs, spies, mocks and fakes; in everyday speech all of them are called mocks.

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