CRP Assessment & Measurement of Resilience 3 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: The Resilience Engineering framework proposed by Hollnagel emphasizes measuring which capability as a core resilience function?
- Compliance with regulatory standards
- The ability to learn from both success and failure (Correct answer)
- Speed of executive decision-making
- Number of redundant systems installed
Correct answer: The ability to learn from both success and failure
Hollnagel's Resilience Engineering framework centers on four abilities—anticipate, monitor, respond, and learn—with learning from both failures and successes being a distinguishing feature.
Question 2: When conducting a supply chain resilience assessment, which vulnerability indicator carries the highest weight?
- Supplier geographic concentration (Correct answer)
- Supplier payment terms
- Number of active supplier contracts
- Supplier revenue size
Correct answer: Supplier geographic concentration
Geographic concentration of suppliers creates correlated risk exposure—a regional disaster can simultaneously disable multiple suppliers, making it a critical vulnerability indicator.
Question 3: A post-disruption after-action review (AAR) is best classified as which type of resilience measurement activity?
- Prospective assessment
- Lagging performance measurement (Correct answer)
- Leading indicator tracking
- Predictive modeling
Correct answer: Lagging performance measurement
AARs analyze what occurred after a disruption, making them lagging measurement tools that capture performance outcomes rather than predicting future capability.
Question 4: Which statistical technique is most appropriate for analyzing the relationship between resilience investments and recovery speed across multiple disruption events?
- Chi-square test
- Regression analysis (Correct answer)
- Monte Carlo simulation
- Delphi method
Correct answer: Regression analysis
Regression analysis quantifies the relationship between independent variables (investments) and a dependent variable (recovery speed), enabling evidence-based resilience investment decisions.
Question 5: An organization uses a Traffic Light Rating (TLR) system for resilience assessments. A 'yellow' rating most appropriately triggers which response?
- Immediate crisis activation
- No action required until next annual review
- Targeted improvement actions within defined timelines (Correct answer)
- Full business continuity plan invocation
Correct answer: Targeted improvement actions within defined timelines
A yellow rating signals partial compliance or emerging risk that warrants planned corrective action within set timeframes, distinguishing it from green (acceptable) and red (urgent).
Question 6: Which resilience measurement approach assesses the organization's ability to maintain performance above a minimum threshold under stress?
- Vulnerability index scoring
- Resilience triangle analysis (Correct answer)
- Fault tree analysis
- Bow-tie risk assessment
Correct answer: Resilience triangle analysis
The resilience triangle measures the loss of functionality over time during a disruption and the area of degraded performance, directly capturing how well minimum performance thresholds are maintained.
Question 7: During a resilience audit, an assessor finds that documented procedures exist but staff cannot execute them under simulated stress. This gap is best described as:
- Policy non-compliance
- Procedural obsolescence
- Capability-documentation disconnect (Correct answer)
- Training resource shortage
Correct answer: Capability-documentation disconnect
A capability-documentation disconnect occurs when paper procedures exist but are not internalized or executable under realistic conditions, revealing a critical gap between documentation and operational readiness.
CRP Assessment & Measurement of Resilience 3
The Resilience Engineering framework proposed by Hollnagel emphasizes measuring which capability as a core resilience function?