CAS-003 · Question #398
CAS-003 Question #398: Real Exam Question with Answer & Explanation
The correct answer is B: Mitigate. The critical context is the risk committee's established aversion to accepting even minimal risk. Although 'Accept' (D) might seem logical given the vulnerability is minor and expensive to mitigate, the committee's track record makes risk acceptance unlikely to be approved. 'Avoi
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Options
- AAvoid
- BMitigate
- CTransfer
- DAccept
Explanation
The critical context is the risk committee's established aversion to accepting even minimal risk. Although 'Accept' (D) might seem logical given the vulnerability is minor and expensive to mitigate, the committee's track record makes risk acceptance unlikely to be approved. 'Avoid' is not feasible since the project is already proposed. 'Transfer' (insurance/third party) is possible but doesn't address the technical vulnerability. 'Mitigate' (B) is the strategy that reduces the vulnerability to a level the committee can tolerate without outright accepting the risk - making it the most likely to gain approval from a risk-averse committee. The question asks what would be approved FIRST, not what is technically optimal.
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