RISK MANAGEMENT BASIC COURSE Q &A ( 2017) – Flashcards

1. What is risk management (RM)?

2. What is the first step in the risk management (RM) process?

3. What step in the risk management (RM) process is focused on determining the probability and severity of a hazard occurring? (1) Develop controls and make risk decisions (2) Identify hazards (3) Assess hazards (4) Implement controls

4. Which of the following is not a RM principle? (1) Integrate RM into all phases of missions and activities (2) Make risk decisions at the appropriate level (3) Apply the RM process to situations where serious injury might occur (4) Accept no unnecessary risk

5. You are part of a combat patrol in a foreign city. There are squad-sized insurgent forces operating in the area. What are key considerations when identifying hazards associated with the Civil Considerations factor of METT-TC? (1) Limited visibility, high winds, or extreme weather (2) Pedestrians at the market, riots or demonstrations, and/or religious events taking place (3) Fields of fire, avenues of approach, obstacles, and cover and concealment (4) Vehicle maintenance and qualified drivers

6. What METT-TC factor is at the root of the question: Do I remember the training I received about what to do when encountering unexploded ordnance? (1) Mission (2) Terrain and Weather (3) Troops and Equipment (4) Enemy

7. How are hazards identified during mission planning? (1) By examining past performance, equipment failure, and civilian accident data (2) By applying the METT-TC framework to examine risks posed by the mission, enemy, terrain and weather, troops and equipment, time, and civil considerations (3) By using a risk assessment matrix to assign a standardized risk level based on probability and severity (4) By surveying the leadership and Soldiers that will execute the mission

8. What is the intersection of the assessed probability and severity of a hazard called in the RM process? (1) Assessment (2) Risk level (3) Control (4) Accident

9. What do the terms "catastrophic, critical, moderate, and negligible" describe in the risk assessment matrix? (1) Initial risk ratings (2) Residual risk ratings (3) Probability of an event occurring (4) Level of severity of an adverse event's effect

10. What do of the terms "frequent, likely, occasional, seldom, and unlikely" describe in the risk assessment matrix? (1) Critical events (2) Catastrophic events (3) Level of probability of an adverse event occurring (4) Severity of an adverse event's effect

11. What is the purpose of the RM step, Develop Controls and Make Risk Decisions? (1) To determine whether the risk of an adverse event occurring is reduced enough that the benefits of completing the mission outweigh the risks (2) o determine whether the initial risk is acceptable (3) To effect changes so that situations or events with adverse impacts do not move forward with the mission (4) To effect changes so that risk can be completely eliminated before moving forward with the mission

13. What RM process step requires a cycle of continuous reassessment until the benefits of completing the mission outweigh the risks of not completing it? (1) Identify hazards (2) Assess hazards (3) Implement controls (4) Develop controls and make risk decisions

14. What method is used to implement controls in the RM process? (1) Define who will do what, and by when and then seek authorization to execute from superiors (2) Define the who, what, when, where, and how of the control (3) Communicate, coordinate, implement, and integrate the control's who, what, when, where, and how into SOPs, written and verbal orders, mission briefings, and staff estimates with clear and simple execution Orders (4) Determine through survey, training logs, and briefings that the control is actually being executed

15. What is the fifth step in the risk management (RM) process? (1) Assess hazards (2) Supervise and evaluate (3) Develop controls and make risk decisions (4) Implement controls

16. What are controls designed to do? (1) Reduce or eliminate risk (2) Limit commanders' authority (3) Prevent Soldiers from having fun (4) Increase Soldiers' workloads

17. Off-duty risk decisions are: (1) Made by leaders and commanders (2) The responsibility of individual Soldiers (3) Dictated by the Department of the Army (4) Not a consideration

18. What factors can cause controls that are established and implemented for a prolonged period to lose their effectiveness? (1) Lack of resources and monitoring (2) Overconfidence or complacency (3) Equipment serviceability and availability (4) Unrelenting hostile encounters

19. All of the following are questions asked as part of step 5 of the RM process to ensure compliance with the guiding principles, except: (1) Was the RM process competed before the operation's onset? (2) Was the process integrated throughout all phases of the operations? (3) Where risk decisions accurate and made at the appropriate level? (4) Where there any unnecessary risks, and did the benefit outweigh the cost in terms of dollares, training benefit and time?

20. How do on-duty leaders supervise compliance with hazard controls during an operation? (1) By ensuring subordinates understand how, when, and where controls are implemented, monitoring the employment of controls, and adjusting as situational awareness demands (2) By isolating what went right during the mission or activity and evaluating individuals' implementation of the risk controls (3) By using after-action reports to determine if controls were implemented (4) y analyzing the mission after-action reports to determine whether all hazards were actually identified