PRINCE2F PRINCE2 Practices Practice Question
A project is using the recommended risk management procedure. After identifying a risk, what is the next step?
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Assess
The PRINCE2 risk management procedure steps are: Identify, Assess, Plan, Implement, Communicate. After identification, the next step is to assess the risk (probability and impact).
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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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Plan
Why it's wrong here
Planning follows risk assessment (estimate, evaluate), not identification. The procedure's next step after identify is assess. Planning is tempting because it is a distinct PRINCE2 risk activity, and it would be correct once the risk's probability, impact and proximity have been estimated and evaluated.
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Communicate
Why it's wrong here
Communicate is a step in the PRINCE2 risk procedure, but it runs alongside the others rather than immediately after identify. It is tempting because communication is genuinely part of risk management, and it would be the right emphasis when stakeholders need ongoing visibility of risks throughout the project.
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Assess
Why this is correct
Assessing follows identification in PRINCE2's recommended risk management procedure, covering probability, impact and proximity to produce a risk rating. This satisfies the stem's sequence constraint: the procedure orders identify, then assess, before plan responses and implement. Skipping straight to a response would breach that defined process order.
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Implement
Why it's wrong here
Implement is a response action, not the step immediately following identification; the risk must first be assessed for probability and impact. It is tempting because implementation eventually occurs, but PRINCE2 requires assessing, then planning, before implementing a response.
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Variation 1. A project is using the recommended risk management procedure. After identifying a risk, what is the next step?
hard- A.Plan responses
- B.Communicate the risk
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- D.Implement responses
Why C: The PRINCE2 recommended risk management procedure follows the sequence: Identify, Assess, Plan, Implement, and Communicate. After identifying a risk, the next step is to Assess it — estimating its probability and impact, and evaluating its overall severity to decide whether action is needed.
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