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title: "What is functional testing?"  
description: "What is functional testing?"  
author: "James Smith"  
published: 2011-03-18  
updated: 2020-09-21  
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category: "testing"  
tags: ["testing"]  
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# What is functional testing?

Testing the features and operational behavior of a product to ensure they correspond to its specifications. Testing that ignores the internal mechanism of a system or component and focuses solely on the outputs generated in response to selected inputs and execution conditions. or Black Box Testing.

## Answers

### Answer by James Smith

Testing the features and operational behavior of a product to ensure they correspond to its specifications. Testing that ignores the internal mechanism of a system or component and focuses solely on the outputs generated in response to selected inputs and execution conditions. or Black Box Testing.


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