What are some disadvantages of code coverage as a measure for how well a system or product is tested? (three answers)

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It does not measure usability

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It does not ensure that the most important or highest risk areas of the code are being exercised by tests

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It could create incentives to write tests that simply increase code coverage, rather than tests that find bugs without increasing code coverage

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It is too complicated to explain to management

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It only provides insights to programmers

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