smrtctl (vs or with) tests?

Yosef Yudilevich <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.linux.utilities.smartmontools
Message-ID <CAJydfy1Av1WTvwdZcLCBAWBqGOQ_FhTSsquFdB39TC4LR+gYAg@mail.gmail.com>
hi i am confused
when i do smartct -a /dev/sdX
I get all the info from controller..
looks like it populates itself with data
so why do i need to run tests?
if i don't run tests what will happen?
thanks in advance

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