we are asked about the claim that the fraction -12 / 8 is equivalent to the decimal expression -0.125... (repeating)
Without evaluating the expression, we can say that the clain is INCORRECT, since just the quotient 12/8 should give a number LARGER than "1" (one) in magnitude (the number 12 is larger than the number 8 in the denominator. We can also say that such division cannot ever give a repeating decimal at infinity, since divisions of integer numbers by 8 or 4 never render a repeating decimal, but a finite number of decimals.