Part 1 Flashcards
(9 cards)
1
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Failure results in loss of life, injury, or damage to the environment
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Safety-Critical Systems
2
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Failure results in failure of some goal-directed activity
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Mission-Critical Systems
3
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Failure results in high economic losses
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Business-Critical Systems
4
Q
- It is usually the case that the most important system property is the dependability of the system
- It reflects the user’s degree of trust in that system
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System Dependability
5
Q
Examples of Development Methods
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- Formal Methods of Software Development
- Static Analysis
- External Quality Assurance
6
Q
Because of design and manufacturing errors or because components have reached the end of their natural life
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Hardware Failure
7
Q
Due to errors in its specification, design, or implementation
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Software Failure
8
Q
- Human operators make mistakes
- The largest single cause of system failures
A
Operational Failure
9
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Socio-technical Critical Systems
A
- Hardware Failure
- Software Failure
- Operational Failure
