Which risk cannot be tolerated and should be eliminated or controlled?

Which risk cannot be tolerated and should be eliminated or controlled?

• A. Unacceptable Risk
• B. Acceptable Risk
• C. Residual Risk
• D. Identified Risk

Answer: (A)

Unacceptable risk is the risk you cannot tolerate under any circumstance; it must be eliminated or controlled to bring it down to an acceptable level. In risk management, certain hazards are so severe that no level of risk is acceptable—these are addressed with decisive action to remove the hazard or apply strong controls until the risk is reduced to an acceptable state. Acceptable risk is within tolerable limits after controls are in place; residual risk is the remaining amount after mitigation, still to be managed; identified risk simply means a risk has been recognized, regardless of how high or low it is.

Unacceptable risk is the risk you cannot tolerate under any circumstance; it must be eliminated or controlled to bring it down to an acceptable level. In risk management, certain hazards are so severe that no level of risk is acceptable—these are addressed with decisive action to remove the hazard or apply strong controls until the risk is reduced to an acceptable state.

Acceptable risk is within tolerable limits after controls are in place; residual risk is the remaining amount after mitigation, still to be managed; identified risk simply means a risk has been recognized, regardless of how high or low it is.