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Acceptance Testing Purpose

publish date: 2026/06/19 10:25:33.438265 UTC

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Acceptance testing is described as an inherent part of custom systems development. What is its fundamental purpose?

To give the development team a final chance to fix bugs before delivery

To allow customers to test the system using their own data and decide if it should be accepted from the developer

To measure the total number of defects remaining in the system

To provide final user training before the system goes live

Correct Answer

To allow customers to test the system using their own data and decide if it should be accepted from the developer

Explanation

Acceptance testing allows customers to test the system using their own real data and decide whether or not it should be accepted from the system developer. Acceptance implies that final payment should be made for the software. It is the customer's confirmation that the system does what they need in their own environment.

Reference

Software Engineering, Ian Sommerville, 10th edition

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User Testing - Alpha, Beta, and Acceptance Testing