Testing · interview question
If you wrote a test around arrange act assert, what should the test prove first?
Multiple choiceEasychapter-9-curatedpremiumtestingarrange-act-assert
def test_discount_rate() -> None:
# arrange
subtotal = 120.0
# act
result = discount_rate(True, subtotal)
# assert
assert result == 0.15Answer and explanation
Correct answer
D. That the rule behaves correctly at the boundary cases the lesson is trying to make explicit.
Why
Good tests make the design safer to change because they lock in the meaningful behavior rather than surface-level implementation details.
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