PRINCE2F PRINCE2 Practices Practice Question
A project is using the PRINCE2 risk management procedure. A risk has been identified that, if it occurs, could cause a major delay to the project. The risk owner decides to take action to reduce the probability of the risk occurring. Which risk response type is being used?
⚠ Common exam trap
PRINCE2F often tests the distinction between 'Reduce' and 'Avoid' — candidates confuse lowering a risk's probability with eliminating the risk entirely, and pick Avoid when the scenario only describes mitigation.
Answer choices
Why each option matters
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Correct answer & explanation
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Reduce
The 'Reduce' risk response in PRINCE2 (also called 'Mitigate' in other frameworks) involves taking action to lower the probability and/or impact of a risk. Since the risk owner is acting to reduce the probability of occurrence, this is the Reduce response. It is one of the responses in the PRINCE2 risk management procedure.
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
Accepting a risk means acknowledging it without action, so probability stays unchanged. Reducing the likelihood of occurrence is the Reduce response, which allocates effort to controls or design changes. Accept is correct only when the risk's exposure is tolerable and no cost-effective action exists.
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Avoid
Why it's wrong here
Avoid changes the project's scope, approach or objectives so the threat can no longer arise, eliminating it entirely rather than lowering its chance. The stem describes reducing probability, which is the Reduce response. Avoid is correct when the project can restructure to remove the risk's cause.
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Reduce
Why this is correct
The Reduce response lowers the probability and/or impact of a threat. Since the risk owner acts specifically to decrease the likelihood of the delay occurring, this maps directly to Reduce rather than Avoid, Transfer, Share or Accept.
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Transfer
Why it's wrong here
Transfer shifts financial impact to a third party, typically via insurance or contractual indemnity; it does not lower the probability of the risk occurring. Reducing likelihood is the Reduce response. Transfer would be correct where the impact, not the probability, is what the project needs to offload.
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