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What is used to describe the design requirements for the individual services of a safety-critical system?
What is used to describe the design requirements for the individual services of a safety-critical system?
- Redundancy levels
- Safety Integrity Levels (SIL) (correct)
- System safety categorizations
- Dependability classifications
What technique can be used to achieve a higher overall dependability in a safety-critical system?
What technique can be used to achieve a higher overall dependability in a safety-critical system?
- Diversity of components
- Fault tolerance
- Real-time monitoring
- Redundancy (correct)
What is the concept referred to as when using the notion of SIL to achieve higher overall dependability?
What is the concept referred to as when using the notion of SIL to achieve higher overall dependability?
- Safety critical math
- Dependability calculus
- Redundancy algorithm
- SIL arithmetic (correct)
What do safety standards provide hints for in terms of using SIL arithmetic?
What do safety standards provide hints for in terms of using SIL arithmetic?
What is a principal benefit of SIL arithmetic?
What is a principal benefit of SIL arithmetic?