Risk Management & Mitigation Flashcards
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A broadcast captioner's primary internet connection drops mid-program. What is the FIRST mitigation step?
Answer: Automatically switch to a pre-configured backup cellular connection
A hot-standby cellular or secondary ISP connection should activate automatically to minimize caption blackout time.
Which FCC regulation creates the greatest compliance risk for broadcasters who fail to provide accurate captions during live news?
Answer: 47 CFR Part 79 (Television Closed Captioning)
47 CFR Part 79 mandates closed captioning quality standards for television and carries significant FCC enforcement penalties.
A captioner notices consistent audio dropouts from the broadcast feed every 90 seconds. This pattern most likely indicates:
Answer: Periodic interference from a compression algorithm or satellite uplink cycle
Regularly timed audio dropouts often point to encoding, compression, or satellite uplink scheduling artifacts rather than random hardware failure.
When assessing risk for a live sporting event caption contract, which factor should be weighted MOST heavily?
Answer: Fast-paced, unpredictable speech and crowd noise
Sports events feature rapid speaker changes, cheering, slang, and unpredictable speech patterns that dramatically increase caption error risk.
A caption file delivered after broadcast is found to contain systemic word substitution errors. The risk category this represents is:
Answer: Operational risk from quality control failure
Systemic errors in a delivered caption file indicate a breakdown in the operational quality control process, an operational risk.
Which backup strategy best protects a remote captioner against a local power outage during a live broadcast?
Answer: Using an Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) paired with a generator
A UPS provides immediate power continuity while a generator sustains long-term operation, together covering the full duration of most outages.
Before signing a contract for live captioning of medical conference content, a captioner should PRIMARILY mitigate risk by:
Answer: Obtaining specialized medical terminology glossaries in advance
Medical terminology is dense and error-prone; pre-loading a custom dictionary reduces real-time accuracy risk significantly.