The assumption that hardware errors and bugs in the software bring the system to a halt, but do not corrupt the nonvolatile storage contents, is known as the
A. Stop assumption
B. Fail assumption
C. Halt assumption
D. Fail-stop assumption
Answer:A
The assumption that hardware errors and bugs in the software bring the system to a halt, but do not corrupt the nonvolatile storage contents, is known as the
A. Stop assumption B. Fail assumption C. Halt assumption D. Fail-stop assumption
Explanation: Well-designed systems have numerous internal checks, at the hardware and the software level, that bring the system to a halt when there is an error. Hence, the fail-stop assumption is a reasonable one.