Business Continuity Professional Exam Prep

Category - Risk Evaluation & Control

What are the four options for dealing with a risk?

  1. Accept, mitigate, transfer and avoid
  2. Accept, insure, transfer and avoid
  3. Accept, mitigate, reduce and avoid
  4. Situation, task, action, result
  5. It's a trick question -- there are only three and they are transfer, mitigate and avoid
Explanation

Answer: a - Accept, mitigate, transfer and avoid are the four acceptable ways of dealing with risk. Remember that mitigating and reducing are synonyms in risk management, and that insuring is a form of transferring risk.

Key Takeaway: We want you to remember these four options and consider them each time you contemplate what to do with a risk. Our natural tendency is to avoid or mitigate, but sometimes that is not possible.

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