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Gayathri P
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What is Manual Testing? What are the benefits and drawbacks of manual testing?

Manual Testing

Manual testing is a type of software testing where testers manually test the application and execute test cases without using any automation tools. Testers follow the already prepared test cases and test scenarios to verify the functionality, usability, and performance of the software applications. Manual testing process like requirement analysis, test plan, test cases, test case execution, defect log and defect retesting.

Benefits of Manual Testing
Manual testing can also test non-functional tests like performance, usability, and security. Manual testing can be less expensive than automation testing.

Drawbacks of Manual Testing

Manual testing takes more time since test cases must be executed manually. Complex software application testing could take some time. tester might not have enough time to cover all the test cases because of the delay in software development.

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