A reliability of 0.98 means that, on average:
a. 98% of items will fail to perform as expected.
b. 98 of 1000 items will fail to perform as expected.
c. 98 of 100 items will perform as expected.
d. .02 of 100 items will fail to perform as expected.
Answer: c. 98 of 100 items will perform as expected.