PK0-004 · Question #277
Exploiting is considered to be a response of which of the following?
The correct answer is A. Risk opportunity. In risk management, 'exploiting' is a strategy used to respond to positive risks (opportunities), not threats. It involves taking deliberate action to ensure the opportunity is realized.
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Exploiting is considered to be a response of which of the following?
Options
- ARisk opportunity
- BConflict resolution technique
- CRisk threat
- DResource leveling technique
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(51 responses)- A90% (46)
- B2% (1)
- C6% (3)
- D2% (1)
Why each option
In risk management, 'exploiting' is a strategy used to respond to positive risks (opportunities), not threats. It involves taking deliberate action to ensure the opportunity is realized.
Exploiting is one of the four strategies for responding to risk opportunities (alongside sharing, enhancing, and accepting). It is used when a project team wants to ensure a positive risk event definitely occurs, such as assigning the most skilled resources to capture a beneficial outcome.
Conflict resolution techniques (e.g., collaborating, compromising) address interpersonal or team disputes, not risk responses.
Exploiting applies to opportunities, not threats - threat responses include avoid, transfer, mitigate, and accept.
Resource leveling is a schedule optimization technique used to balance resource demand across a project timeline, unrelated to risk strategy.
Concept tested: Positive risk opportunity response strategies
Source: https://www.pmi.org/pmbok-guide-standards/foundational/pmbok
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