System safety as a design parameter aims to

• A. minimize mishaps that cause death or injury
• B. maximize aesthetics
• C. increase cycle time
• D. reduce data quality

Answer: (A)

System safety in design focuses on preventing harm by reducing the likelihood and impact of hazards throughout the system. The aim is to minimize mishaps that could cause death or injury by building in safe features, fail-safes, redundancy, and hazard controls. Aesthetics, cycle time, and data quality aren’t about reducing risk to people—appearance, speed/throughput, and information quality don’t directly address preventing harm, so they don’t describe the purpose of system safety as a design parameter.