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Introduction to Risk Management Flashcards

1
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Define risk in general terms

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The possible variation in an outcome from what is expected to happen

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2
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Define variation

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Range of possible outcomes

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3
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Define expectation

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What we expect to happen

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Define outcomes

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What actually does happen

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5
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Define risk according to COSO

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The possibility than an event will occur and adversely affect the achievement of objectives

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Define opportunity according to COSO

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The possibility than an event will occur and positively affect the achievement of objectives

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Define uncertainty

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The inability to predict outcomes because of a lack of information

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8
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What are the two types of non-business risk?

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  1. Financial risk

2. Operational risk

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Define strategy risk

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Choosing and implementing the wrong corporate strategy

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Define enterprise risk

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Success or failure of a business operation

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Define product risk

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Customers do not buy the anticipated amount of product

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Define economic risk

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Unexpected changes in economic conditions

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13
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Define property risk

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Losing property or losses arising from accidents

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14
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Define business risk

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Risks that arise from the nature of the entity’s business, its industry, and the conditions it operates in

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15
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What are examples of business risk?

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PEEPS

  1. Property risk
  2. Enterprise risk
  3. Economic risk
  4. Product risk
  5. Strategy risk
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16
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What are examples of controllable financial risks?

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  1. Gearing risk
  2. Credit risk
  3. Liquidity risk
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17
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What is an example of uncontrollable financial risk?

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Market risk

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18
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Define gearing risk

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Increased interest charges due to high debt levels

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19
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Define credit risk

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The economic loss suffered due to the default of a customer

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20
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Define liquidity risk

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An unexpected shortage of cash

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21
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Define market risk

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Exposure to changes in market prices or rates

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What are examples of operational risk?

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  1. Process risk
  2. People risk
  3. Systems/cyber risk
  4. Event risk
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23
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Define process risk

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Company’s processes are ineffective or inefficient

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Define people risk

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Arising from staff constraints, incompetency, or dishonesty

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Define systems/cyber risk

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The risk of financial loss, business disruption, or reputation damage that are a consequence of accidents and poor systems integrity

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Define event risk

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Loss due to single events that are unlikely but serious

27
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What are examples of cyber risk?

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  1. Phishing
  2. Webcam manager
  3. File hijacker/ransomware
  4. Keylogging
28
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Define phishing

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Bogus emails that ask for personal or security information

29
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Define webcam manager

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Where the user’s webcam is taken over

30
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Define file hijacker/ransomware

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Where the user’s files are hijacked and held to ransom

31
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Define keylogging

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Where criminals record what users type

32
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What are examples of event risk?

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  1. Disaster risk
  2. Regulatory risk
  3. Reputation risk
  4. Systemic risk
33
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Define disaster risk

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Catastrophe occurs such as a fire, flood, etc

34
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Define regulatory risk

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New laws or regulations are introduced

35
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Define reputation risk

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Risk of damage to the business’s reputation

36
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Define systemic risk

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Failure by a participant in the business’s supply chain

37
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Define risk management

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The identification, analysis, and economic control of risks that threaten the assets or earning capacity of a business

38
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What are the stages of the risk management process?

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  1. Risk awareness and identification
  2. Risk assessment and measurement
  3. Risk response and control
  4. Risk monitoring and reporting
39
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Define risk identification

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The identification of the whole range of possible risks and the likelihood of losses occurring as a result of these risks

40
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What are examples of techniques to identify risk?

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  1. PEST analysis
  2. SWOT analysis
  3. External advisors
  4. Interviews
  5. Questionnaires
  6. Internal audit
  7. Brainstorming
41
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What is the purpose of risk assessment?

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To consider the nature of each risk and the implications it might have for the business achieving its objectives

42
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What is the purpose of risk measurement?

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  1. To identify the probability of the risk occurring
  2. To quantify the resultant impact
  3. Calculates the amount of potential loss using expected values for gross risk
43
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Define gross risk

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The potential loss associated with the risk, calculated by combining the impact and probability of the risk before taking any control measures into account

44
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What is the equation for calculating gross risk?

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gross risk = probability x impact

45
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Define probability

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Measures likelihood

46
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Define impact

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Measures the size of the loss

47
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Define exposure

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A measure of the way in which a business is faced by risks

48
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Define volatility

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A measurement of the variability of a risk factor

49
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What are the five different categories of loss?

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  1. Property loss
  2. Liability loss
  3. Personnel loss
  4. Pecuniary loss
  5. Interruption loss
50
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What is a risk assessment map used for?

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To assess each risk

51
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What are the key responses to high likelihood, low impact risks?

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  1. Reduction

2. Sharing

52
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What are the key responses to high likelihood, high impact risks?

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  1. Avoidance
  2. Reduction
  3. Sharing
53
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What is the key response to low likelihood, low impact risks?

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Acceptance

54
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What is the key response to low likelihood, high impact risk?

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Reduction

55
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Define risk-averse attitude

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An investment would be chosen if it has more certainty but possibly a lower return than an alternative less certain, potentially higher return investment

56
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Define risk-neutral attitude

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An investment would be chosen according to its expected return, irrespective of the risk

57
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Define risk seeker attitude

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An investment would be chosen based on it offering higher levels of risk, even if its expected return is lower than an alternative no-risk investment with a higher expected return

58
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Define crisis

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An unexpected event that threatens the wellbeing of a business or a significant disruption to the business and its normal operations that impact on its customers, employees, investors, and other stakeholders

59
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What are examples of crisis?

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  1. Natural event
  2. Industrial accident
  3. Product or service failure
  4. Public relations disaster
  5. Business crisis
  6. Management crisis
  7. Legal/regulatory crisis
60
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Define crisis management

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The identification of a crisis, planning a response to the crisis and confronting and resolving the crisis

61
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What are the features of crisis management?

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  1. Contingency plans

2. Crisis prevention

62
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Define disaster

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When the business’s operations, or a significant part of them, break down for some reason leading to potential losses of equipment, data, or funds

63
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What are the two types of disaster?

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  1. A major crisis causing a breakdown in operations and resultant losses
  2. An event that results in serious consequences
64
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What are the main components of a disaster recovery plan?

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  1. Define responsibilities
  2. Prioritise actions
  3. Establish back-up and standby arrangements
  4. Communicate with staff
  5. Establish PR
  6. Risk assessment

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