Tom is the project manager for his organization. In his project he has recently finished the risk response planning. He tells his manager that he will now need to update the cost and schedule baseline

Implementing planned risk responses, such as performing additional tasks to mitigate a threat or pursuing new activities to capitalize on an opportunity, often requires changes to the project scope. These scope changes, whether adding new work or modifying existing work, will inherently affect the resources needed and the timeline, thereby necessitating an update to the cost and schedule baselines.

While risk responses aim to protect the project, this choice describes the purpose of risk responses, not the reason for updating baselines due to changes they introduce.

This statement is generally incorrect in project management; baselines are updated through formal change control processes when significant approved changes occur.

While risk responses do take time and money, this choice is less precise than A because the core reason for updating baselines is the specific new or changed work resulting from the response.