問54
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システム開発プロジェクトにおいて, テスト工程で使用する PC の納入が遅れることでテスト工程の終了が遅れるリスクがあり, 対応策を決めた。リスク対応を回避, 軽減, 受容, 転嫁の四つに分類するとき, 受容に該当する記述として, 最も適切なものはどれか。
令和2年度 ITパスポート試験 問54
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問 54
Incorrectア
Adding more test staff to prevent a delay in the overall schedule is “mitigation,” which reduces the probability or impact of the risk. It is a proactive response that works to hold down the delay itself, not acceptance, which takes the risk on.
- イ
正解 The correct answer is イ. Risk acceptance means that, after acknowledging a risk may materialize, you do not actively avoid or mitigate it but take it on, and if necessary set aside a reserve (a contingency reserve) to be prepared. Choice イ, “set aside a buffer period in the project so that even if the test phase finishes late it does not affect the production launch,” does not prevent the test delay caused by the late PC delivery itself but allows it to happen, holding a time buffer to keep the impact from spreading to the production launch, so it corresponds exactly to acceptance.
Incorrectウ
Concluding a contract under which the supplier compensates for the cost of the delay-prevention measures is “transfer,” which shifts the burden of the loss to a third party (the supplier). It is a typical example of moving responsibility or cost to an external party through a contract or insurance, not acceptance.
Incorrectエ
Preparing a method that allows testing even without the PCs removes the dependence on the risk factor of late PC delivery and keeps the risk itself from occurring, which is “avoidance.” It is the opposite of acceptance, which takes the risk on.
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- Distinguish the definitions of the four categories of risk response: avoidance (cutting off the risk source), mitigation (lowering the probability or impact), acceptance (taking it on and preparing with a reserve), and transfer (shifting it to a third party).
- Acceptance is not merely “doing nothing”; it also includes active acceptance, where you set aside a buffer period or a reserve fund (a contingency reserve) to prepare for the risk materializing.
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