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Given below are an Assertion (A) and a Reason (R):
Assertion (A): I/O protection is ensured by a hardware trap.
Reason (R): I/O interrupts are caused by conditions such as I/O completion and device malfunction occurring within I/O devices.
In light of the above, choose the correct answer.

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Correct answer: B. (B) Both A and R are true but R is NOT the correct explanation of A

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