Sam is the project manager of a construction project in south Florida. This area of the United States is prone to hurricanes during certain parts of the year. As part of the project plan Sam and the p

Mitigation requires taking proactive steps to reduce the probability or impact of a risk before it occurs, which Sam and the team are explicitly not doing.

Avoidance requires changing the project plan to eliminate the threat or protect project objectives, such as rescheduling construction activities outside hurricane season.

Passive acceptance occurs when the project team decides not to change the project plan to address a risk and has no contingency plan in place. Sam and the team acknowledge the hurricane risk but proceed without any planned response, which is the defining characteristic of passive acceptance - awareness without proactive planning.

Active acceptance involves establishing a contingency reserve or a contingency plan to be executed if the risk event occurs, which is not described in this scenario.