Risk Management & Mitigation Flashcards
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A reader eliminates all regressions, even when genuinely confused by a paragraph. What risk does this rigid rule create?
Answer: Persisting misunderstandings that compound through the rest of the text
Strategic re-reading is sometimes necessary, and banning it entirely lets early misunderstandings compound.
Which practice best mitigates the risk of retaining little from speed-read study material?
Answer: Active recall and summarizing after each section
Active recall and summarization consolidate memory, offsetting the retention risk of rapid reading.
A professional plans to speed read an unfamiliar technical manual with no prior knowledge of the subject. What is the most appropriate risk mitigation?
Answer: Preview the structure and slow down for unfamiliar concepts
Previewing and slowing for new concepts mitigates the comprehension risk that comes with low background knowledge.
What risk arises when a speed reading student measures progress using only words-per-minute scores?
Answer: Speed gains may mask declining comprehension, giving a false sense of mastery
WPM alone ignores comprehension, so rising scores can hide the fact that understanding is deteriorating.
During a timed exam, a student speed reads the question stems and misreads 'except' as 'expect.' Which mitigation targets this risk?
Answer: Deliberately slowing down on question stems and qualifier words
Qualifier words change a question's meaning entirely, so slowing down on stems prevents costly misreads.
Which factor most increases the risk that chunking (reading word groups) will fail for a particular text?
Answer: Dense sentences packed with unfamiliar terminology
Chunking depends on quickly recognizing word groups, which breaks down when terminology is dense and unfamiliar.
A reader relies entirely on a pacing app and cannot maintain speed without it. What mitigation reduces this dependency risk?
Answer: Gradually practicing without the tool to internalize the pacing rhythm
Weaning off the tool through unaided practice internalizes pacing and removes the dependency.