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PK0-005 Practice Question: During a risk assessment, a project manager…
During a risk assessment, a project manager calculates a risk score by multiplying the probability of occurrence (0.6) by the potential impact ($50,000). The risk score is 30,000. The project manager then identifies a response strategy that reduces the probability to 0.2. After the response, the remaining risk is calculated. What is the residual risk score?
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$10,000
Residual risk is the risk remaining after implementing the response. The new probability is 0.2, impact remains $50,000, so residual risk score = 0.2 * 50,000 = 10,000. The initial risk score was 30,000, but the question asks for the residual risk score after the response.
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For each option: why learners choose it and why it is or isn't the right answer here.
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$40,000
Why it's wrong here
$40,000 is not correct based on given values.
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$20,000
Why it's wrong here
$20,000 might be a miscalculation (difference), but not correct.
- ✗
$30,000
Why it's wrong here
$30,000 is the initial risk score before the response.
- ✓
$10,000
Why this is correct
Residual risk = probability (0.2) x impact ($50,000) = $10,000.
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