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use of an inappropriate standard algorithm
subject			fact

use of an inappropriate standard algorithm	has definition A common defect in which an unnecessarily inefficient or otherwise inappropriate algorithm is used
	has testing strategy design tests that highlight the properties of inappropriate algorithms such as execution time
	is a subtopic of 10.3 - Defects in Ordinary Algorithms
	is a kind of defect in an ordinary algorithm
defect	has example the absence of code to handle an exception
problem	has solution which will normally entail developing software, although you may decide that it is better to purchase software or to develop a non-software solution
	should be written as a simple problem statement in one or two sentences

Kinds of use of an inappropriate standard algorithm :

• use of a non-stable sort (3 facts)
• use of a search or sort that is case sensitive when it should not be (3 facts)
• use of a search or sort that is not case sensitive when it should be (3 facts)
• use of an inefficient search algorithm (3 facts)
• use of an inefficient sort algorithm (4 facts)