CRISC IT Risk Assessment Practice Question
Which risk treatment option involves formally acknowledging the risk and taking no further action, provided the risk is within the organization's risk appetite?
⚠ Common exam trap
The trap is confusing acceptance with avoidance or neglect; CRISC tests whether you recognize that acceptance is a formal, documented decision within risk appetite, not simply ignoring the risk.
Answer choices
Why each option matters
Answer the question above first, then reveal the full breakdown to understand why each option is right or wrong.
Correct answer & explanation
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Accept
Risk acceptance is the treatment option where the organization formally acknowledges a risk and decides to take no action because the risk falls within its defined risk appetite. It is a deliberate, documented decision — not neglect — and typically requires management sign-off. This matches the question's description exactly.
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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Avoid
Why it's wrong here
Avoidance eliminates the activity generating the risk, so it cannot be the treatment that accepts the risk unchanged. Avoidance is tempting because it removes exposure outright, and it would be correct when a risk exceeds appetite and no control can reduce it to an acceptable level.
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Transfer
Why it's wrong here
Transfer shifts the financial consequence to a third party such as an insurer, which is action, not formal acknowledgement with no further action. It tempts because transfer is valid where residual risk is tolerable but the organisation prefers another party to bear the loss.
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Mitigate
Why it's wrong here
Mitigation involves implementing controls to reduce risk.
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Accept
Why this is correct
Acceptance means the organisation formally documents the risk and proceeds without mitigation, which is valid only when exposure sits inside the defined risk appetite. This matches the stem's condition of acknowledged inaction within tolerance, unlike avoid, transfer or mitigate.
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Last reviewed September 2026 · checked against the official ISACA exam blueprint
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