PMI-RMP Threat Response Strategies 2

Question 1

A risk owner decides to relocate a server to a different data center to eliminate a flooding threat entirely. Which threat response strategy is this?

Accepted Answer

Avoid

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Transfer

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Mitigate

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Accept

Question 2

Which threat response strategy involves shifting both the impact and ownership of a risk to a third party?

Accepted Answer

Transfer

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Mitigate

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Avoid

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Escalate

Question 3

A team adds extra testing cycles to lower the probability of a defect-related threat. This is best described as:

Accepted Answer

Mitigate

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Accept

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Avoid

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Transfer

Question 4

When a project team establishes a contingency reserve but takes no proactive action against a low-priority threat, which strategy is being used?

Accepted Answer

Active acceptance

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Passive acceptance

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Avoid

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Mitigate

Question 5

A threat is outside the project manager's authority and affects the wider organization. The appropriate response is to:

Accepted Answer

Escalate it

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Accept it

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Transfer it

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Mitigate it

Question 6

Outsourcing a complex software module to a specialized vendor with a fixed-price contract to reduce a threat is an example of:

Accepted Answer

Transfer

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Avoid

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Accept

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Escalate

Question 7

Which document records the chosen threat response strategy and the assigned risk owner?

Accepted Answer

Risk register

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Issue log

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Stakeholder register

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Assumption log