Question

The time taken to respond to an interrupt is known as

(a) interrupt delay

(b) interrupt time

(c) interrupt latency

(d) interrupt function

I had been asked this question in class test.

This interesting question is from Introduction of Interrupts topic in portion Interrupts and Exceptions of Embedded Systems

Answer 1

Correct option is (c) interrupt latency

For explanation I would say: The interrupts are the most important function of the embedded system and are responsible for many problems while debugging the system. The time taken to respond to an interrupt is called the interrupt latency.