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W105 Risk Management; W113 Problem Solving Flashcards

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W105 - Per JP 3-0. Risk Management is a process of…

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Identifying, assessing and controlling risks arising from operational factors and making decisions that balance risk cost with mission benefits.

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Ultimate goal of Risk Management is…

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Prevent Unnecessary loss.

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3
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Two types of Risk Management are…

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Deliberate and Real-time

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Type of Risk Management that is available in ample time to apply the five-step process as part of detailed planning for an operation.

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Deliberate RM

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Risk Management that requires immediate management of hazards as they occur.

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Real-Time RM

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The 4 principles of Risk Management

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Integrate RM into all phases of missions/operations.
Make risk decisions at the appropriate level.
Accept no unnecessary risk.
Apply RM cyclically and continuously.

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Who determines to accept or not accept the risk(s) associated with an action he or she will take or will direct others to take?

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Commander, leaders and the individual.

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he level of risk the responsible commander is willing to accept is called what?

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Risk tolerance

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Any risk that, if taken, will not contribute meaningfully to mission accomplishment or will needlessly endanger lives/resources.

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Unnecessary risk

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Five steps to cyclical and continuous risk management

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Identify the hazard.
Assess the hazards.
Develop controls and make risk decisions.
implement controls.
Supervise and evaluate.
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11
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The identification and assessment of hazards is…

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Risk assessment

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What of the 5 cyclical and continuous risk management process are management steps?

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  1. Develop controls and make risk decisions.
  2. Implement Controls
  3. Supervise and evaluate.
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A condition with the potential to cause injury, illness or death of personnel, damage to or loss of equipment or property; or mission degradation (JP 3-33)

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Hazard

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What is METT-TC

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Mission, Enemy, Terrain and weather, Troops, Time and civilian considerations.

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List some tools/resources used to identify hazards:

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Experience and experts.
Regulations, manuals, SOP and policies.
Accident data from U.S. Combat Readiness
War-gaming/what if
Data from risk assessment matrices
Readiness assessment
Cause and effect diagrams
Change analysis
Energy trace and barrier analysis
Logic diagrams
Mapping
AAR
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Type of score that assesses the odds (probability) of something going wrong and the effect (severity) of the incident when it occurs.

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Risk Level

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Probability is…

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The likelihood that an event would occur.

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List the levels of Risk ( 5 )

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Frequent (A)
Likely (B)
Occasional (C)
Seldom (D)
Unlikely (E)
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______ is the expected consequences of an event in terms of injury, property damage, or other mission-impairing factors.

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Severity

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List the levels of Severity (4)

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Catastrophic (I)
Critical (II)
Moderate (III)
Negligible (IV)

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An assessment that is both Frequent and Critical/Catastrophic; Likely and Catastrophic.

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Extremely High Risk (EH)

22
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a _____ is an action taken to eliminate a hazard or to reduce its risk.

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Control

23
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Three forms of Controls

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Educational (Awareness) Controls
Physical Controls
Hazard Elimination Controls

24
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For a control to be effective, it must meet the following criteria.

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Feasibility
Acceptability
Suitability

25
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What is residual risk level?

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level of risk remaining after re-assessing the mitigating effects of the implemented controls.

26
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The level of risk remaining after re-assessing the mitigating effects of the implemented controls.

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Residual Risk Level

27
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_______ ________ is a critical component of Risk Management when identifying hazards.

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Situational Understanding.

28
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A _______ is an issue or obstacle that makes it difficult to achieve a desired goal or end state.

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Problem

29
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Easy to identify type of problems, the required information is available and methods to solve them are somewhat obvious.

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Well-Structured Problems

30
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Type of problem that is more interactively complex than well-structured problems.

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Medium-structured problem

31
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Problems of mathematics and time/space relationships would be an example of what type of problem? (W113)

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Well-Structured problems

32
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Complex, nonlinear and dynamic problems are called what?

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Ill-structured problems

33
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Type of problem that most leaders down agree on how to solve. By its nature, leaders argue weather or not they are even solvable.

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Ill-Structured problems

34
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T or F; Not all problems require lengthy analysis.

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True

35
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What are the two terms often associated with problem solving?

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Critical reasoning (thinking)
Creative Thinking
36
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The 7 steps of the Army’s approach to problem solving

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Gather information/knowledge
Identify the problem
Develop criteria
Generate possible solutions
Analyze possible solutions
Compare solutions
Make and implement the decision
37
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T or F; Gathering information and knowledge continues throughout the problem solving process.

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True

38
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Reliable pieces of information that have objective reality are called…

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facts

39
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An ________ is a supposition on the current situation or a presupposition on the future course of events, either or both assumed to be true in the absence of positive proof.

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Assumption

40
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T or F; While seeking to identify a problems root cause, ONLY focus on the surface symptoms.

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False

41
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Five things a leader must answer for when trying to identify the root cause of a problem.

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Who is affected
What does it affect
When did it occur
Where is the problem
Why did it occur
42
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A statement that clearly describes the problem to be solved.

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Problem statement

43
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Leaders use ______ _______ to ensure solutions they consider can solve the problem.

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Screening criteria

44
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Five questions asked as Screening Criteria.

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Is it suitable as a solution?
Is it feasible?
Is it acceptable?
Is it distinguishable?
Is it complete?
45
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______ is based on relevant examples of prior success.

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Historical precedent

46
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_______ is based on personal experience and judgement as to what is good.

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Reasoning

47
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_______ ______ is based on an existing condition, which is considered desirable.

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Current Example

48
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_______ is based on the mathematical average of the solutions being considered.

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Averaging

49
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Leaders analyze possible solutions to problems by determining its _____ and ________.

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Merits and drawbacks

50
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Problem Solving Roadblocks

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Fear of Failure
Tunnel Vision
Over Seriousness
Over Certainty
Binding customers
Fear of the unknown
Command pressure
Failure to properly identify the problem
Failure to communicate with others
Lack of adequate information for assumptions
Not identifying all of the players
Not specifying the desired end state

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