PRINCE2F PRINCE2 Practices Practice Question
Which of the following is a risk response for an opportunity?
⚠ Common exam trap
PRINCE2 often tests the distinction between threat and opportunity responses, and the trap here is that candidates mistakenly apply threat responses like Transfer or Avoid to opportunities, not realizing that PRINCE2 treats positive and negative risks with separate response categories.
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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Enhance
In PRINCE2, risk responses for opportunities (positive risks) include Enhance, Exploit, and Share. Enhance is the correct response because it involves proactively increasing the probability and/or impact of an opportunity to maximize its potential benefits. Transfer and Avoid are responses for threats (negative risks), while Fallback is a response for a threat when the primary response fails.
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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Transfer
Why it's wrong here
Transfer shifts threat impact to a third party, typically via insurance or contract; opportunities are shared, not transferred, because upside is pursued jointly. It tempts because Transfer is a standard PRINCE2 response, but it belongs to the threat set, not the opportunity set.
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Avoid
Why it's wrong here
Avoid is a threat response that eliminates the activity or condition creating the risk; it cannot be applied to an opportunity, where the equivalent is exploiting or seizing it. It tempts because Avoid is a recognised PRINCE2 response, but only within the threat branch of the risk taxonomy.
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Fallback
Why it's wrong here
Fallback is a threat response: a pre-planned alternative used if the primary response fails or the threat materialises. Opportunities use exploit, enhance, share or reject instead. It tempts because Fallback appears in the PRINCE2 risk response list, but that list splits by threat versus opportunity.
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Enhance
Why this is correct
Enhance is a response for opportunities, not threats, which satisfies the stem's requirement. It raises the probability or impact of a positive risk by identifying and strengthening its underlying drivers, such as allocating extra resource to accelerate an early completion. Threat responses (avoid, reduce, transfer, accept) differ on this axis.
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