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A service virtualization tool is used to simulate the behavior of specific components in heterogeneous component-based applications such as APIs, services, and third-party apps that are not readily accessible during development and testing stages. These tools help create stable, controllable, and predictable testing environments by mimicking the interactions with the missing components. This is particularly useful when dealing with server or network traffic log data to develop a shareable testing service that replicates the real systems' behavior without their actual implementations.

Cyclomatic complexity is a measure of the number of linearly-independent paths through a program's source code, which is often used as a measure of the complexity of a program. The control flow graph provided represents the logic of a software component and has more than 5 nodes with decision points, indicating that the complexity would exceed the maximum allowed value of 5. The calculation for cyclomatic complexity is V(G) = E - N + 2P, where E is the number of edges, N is the number of nodes, and P is the number of connected components. In this case, the calculated cyclomatic complexity exceeds the allowed threshold, thus a defect should be reported.

Static analysis is used on an Agile project to identify the causes of technical debt through the use of tools. This approach allows teams to detect potential issues in code that could lead to technical debt if not addressed promptly, thus maintaining the health of the codebase as it evolves rapidly in Agile environments .