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PK0-005 Practice Question: A project manager is working on a software…
A project manager is working on a software development project. The team has identified a potential risk that could cause a two-week delay. The project manager decides to add extra resources to the critical path to reduce the impact. Which risk response strategy is being used?
⚠ Common exam trap
The PK0-005 exam often tests the distinction between Mitigate and Avoid, where candidates mistakenly choose Avoid because they think adding resources eliminates the risk, but Avoid requires removing the risk source entirely, not just reducing its impact.
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Why each option matters
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Correct answer & explanation
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Mitigate
Adding extra resources to the critical path to reduce the impact of a potential two-week delay is a classic example of the Mitigate risk response strategy. Mitigation aims to reduce the probability or impact of a risk, and here the project manager is proactively reducing the impact by increasing capacity on the critical path. This is not accepting the risk, avoiding it, or transferring it to a third party.
Answer analysis
Option-by-option breakdown
For each option: why learners choose it and why it is or isn't the right answer here.
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Accept
Why it's wrong here
Acceptance acknowledges the risk and establishes a contingency reserve without altering its probability or impact; adding resources to the critical path actively reduces the schedule impact. Accept is tempting as the passive default, and would be correct if the team logged the two-week delay and budgeted a reserve to absorb it.
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Mitigate
Why this is correct
Correct. Adding resources to reduce impact is a mitigation strategy.
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Avoid
Why it's wrong here
Avoiding eliminates the threat entirely by removing its cause, such as descoping the delayed feature; adding resources to the critical path shortens duration instead, which is crashing. Avoid is tempting because it removes risk outright, and would be correct if the team dropped the risky functionality from scope.
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Transfer
Why it's wrong here
Transferring shifts the risk's financial impact to a third party, typically via insurance, warranties or fixed-price contracts; adding resources to the critical path retains the risk internally. Transfer is tempting because it caps exposure, and would be correct if the delay risk were insured or contractually assigned to a vendor.
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