Which term describes a defect missed by an ITL during precompliance testing and found after deployment?

• A. Escaped compliance defect
• B. Undiscovered defect
• C. Post-release defect
• D. Compliance defect

Answer: (A)

Defects that slip past testing and are discovered after deployment. When the ITL misses a defect during precompliance testing and it only shows up after release, we describe it as an escaped defect within the compliance process. The term “escaped” signals that the issue was not detected before release and made it into production, while “compliance” ties the defect to the pre-release testing phase. The other terms don’t capture both the missed testing moment and the post-release discovery: undiscovered is generic, post-release focuses only on timing, and a plain compliance defect doesn’t specify that it escaped detection during testing.