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ISC2 CSSLP Exam - Topic 9 Question 53 Discussion

Actual exam question for ISC2's CSSLP exam
Question #: 53
Topic #: 9
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You work as a project manager for BlueWell Inc. You are preparing to plan risk responses for your project with your team. How many risk response types are available for a negative risk event in the project?

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Suggested Answer: D

There are four risk responses available for a negative risk event.

The risk response strategies for negative risks are:

Avoid: It involves altering the project management plan to remove the threats completely.

Transfer: It requires shifting some or all of the negative effects of a threat including the ownership of response, to a third party.

Mitigate: It implies a drop in the probability and impact of an unfavorable risk event to be within suitable threshold limits.

Accept: It delineates that the project plan will not be changed to deal with the risk. Management may develop a contingency plan if the

risk occurs. It is used for both negative and positive risks.

Answer C is incorrect. There are four responses for negative risk events.

Answer A is incorrect. There are four, not three, responses for negative risk events. Do not forget that acceptance can be used for

negative risk events.

Answer B is incorrect. There are seven total risk responses, four of which can be used for negative risk events.


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Adolph
4 months ago
Just to clarify, the four are avoid, transfer, mitigate, and accept.
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Vanda
4 months ago
Wait, only four? That seems low.
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Wenona
4 months ago
I thought it was seven, but I guess I was wrong.
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Nikita
4 months ago
Totally agree, it's four!
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Gayla
4 months ago
There are four risk response types for negative risks.
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Thurman
5 months ago
I believe the answer is four, but I might be confusing it with the overall risk management process.
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Reena
5 months ago
I thought there were seven types, but that seems too high for just negative risks.
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Corinne
5 months ago
I remember studying this, and I feel like it might be three options, but I could be mixing it up with positive risks.
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Son
5 months ago
I think there are four types of responses for negative risks, but I'm not completely sure.
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Fannie
5 months ago
Okay, I've got this. The answer is C - Rate Anticipation with Maturity Mismatch. This strategy involves buying a long-maturity bond and funding it with short-term funding through repo, which matches the description in the question.
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Wava
5 months ago
Okay, I've got this. The tests fail because that's the expected behavior when using TDD - you write the test first, then write the code to make it pass.
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Rose
5 months ago
I have a vague memory that there's a particular structure we need to maintain when defining the WSDL elements, but I'm not confident if I fully grasped it. Maybe I'll go with Option A?
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Micah
5 months ago
This seems like a pretty straightforward data analysis question. I'll need to carefully review the tables and figures to identify any key trends or changes from previous years. The instructions about modifying the citation source will be important too.
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