A mobile operator wants to test a new network prototype before conducting full implementation on the entire network. What type of risk response strategy did the mobile operator choose?

Question

Options

• ATransfer
• BMitigate
• CAvoid
• DAccept

• A
  8% (2)
• B
  4% (1)
• C
  73% (19)
• D
  15% (4)

Explanation

Risk avoidance means changing your approach to eliminate exposure to a risk before it can occur. By testing only a prototype - a limited, controlled version - rather than rolling out changes to the entire network, the operator avoids the risk of a large-scale failure. They haven't abandoned the project; they've restructured how they proceed to sidestep the danger of untested technology hitting live infrastructure.

Why the distractors are wrong:

• A (Transfer): Transfer shifts risk to a third party (e.g., insurance, a vendor contract). No third party is absorbing the risk here.
• B (Mitigate): Mitigation reduces the probability or impact of a risk that you still accept as possible - such as adding redundancy or training staff. Prototype testing sidesteps the risk entirely rather than dampening it.
• D (Accept): Acceptance means acknowledging the risk and taking no proactive action. The operator is clearly taking a proactive step.

Memory tip: Think of the four strategies as a spectrum of boldness - Accept (do nothing), Mitigate (reduce it), Transfer (hand it off), Avoid (don't go there yet). Prototypes and pilots = Avoid, because you refuse to expose the full system to the unknown until it's proven safe.

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