An electronic system comprising a system to be monitored (2) and a
plurality of fault-monitoring systems (4, 6) each of which is adapted to
output a fault signal when an input indicates that the electronic system
is in a fault condition associated with the fault-monitoring system. The
fault-monitoring systems are arranged in a cascade fashion such that a
fault signal output from one fault-monitoring system (4) is provided as
an input to a subsequent fault-monitoring system (6) in the cascade of
fault-monitoring systems to simulate a fault condition associated with
the subsequent fault-monitoring system. The output of the final
fault-monitoring system in the cascade gives an indication of whether
there is a fault with any of the fault-monitoring systems.