Question

A single point of failure is a piece of hardware or application that is key to ________________________.

Answer 1

Answer:

"The functioning of the entire system" is the correct answer for the above question.

Explanation:

• The system is made up of hardware and software units. Both are an important part of any system. The hardware is a device that can be touched or seen but the software is a program that can not be touched.
• The software is used to work for the hardware. It means that the software helps in hardware to work. Without software, hardware can not perform the work easily so if the software fails the hardware can also fail and when the hardware fails the software also fails.
• If any line of the program fails then the whole software and hardware (mean the system) were failed.
• The above question asked that what is fails if the software or hardware fails. So the answer is the system or the function of the system will fails which is defined above.