The scenario describes a classic web development issue where a tester sees an outdated version of a webpage due to browser caching, while the developer, who often has caching disabled in their development environment, sees the live version. The most direct actions to resolve this and ensure the tester sees the updated content ("accurate results") are for the tester to bypass their local cache. Both clearing the browser cache (a one-time fix) and disabling the browser cache (a persistent fix for the testing session) will force the browser to download the latest files from the server, thus showing the intended changes.

A. The developer should inspect their browser refresh settings.

This is a diagnostic step to understand why it works for the developer, but it does not directly help the tester see the accurate results on their own machine.

C. The developer should rework the code.

This is premature. There is no evidence of a code defect, as the functionality works in the developer's environment, strongly indicating an environmental issue like caching.

1. Salesforce Lightning Web Components Developer Guide: In the "Develop Your Component" section

under "Preview Your Component

" the documentation frequently advises developers on how to see their most recent changes. A common instruction is: "To ensure that you’re seeing your most recent changes during development

empty the cache and do a hard reload of the page in your browser." This directly supports the actions of clearing or disabling the cache (Options D and B) as a standard procedure to resolve stale content issues.

2. MDN Web Docs (Mozilla Developer Network): As a foundational resource for web technologies used in Salesforce development

MDN's documentation on "HTTP Caching" explains this exact problem. In the "Stale responses" section

it details how browsers store copies of resources. The prescribed user-side solutions are to force a reload that bypasses the cache

which is achieved by clearing the cache or using developer tools to disable it. This principle is fundamental to web development and testing curricula at an academic level. (Reference: MDN Web Docs

HTTP Caching

section on "Forcing a reload").