Risk budgeting most directly helps a firm do which of the following?

Correct answer: Allocate the tolerable risk across factors or classes to implement risk appetite.

Explanation

Budgeting translates high-level risk appetite into actionable allocations across risk dimensions.

Other questions

Question 1

Which of the following most completely captures the three distinct ways the term 'risk' is used in risk management?

Question 2

A board states the organization can tolerate a 10% shortfall in annual revenue but not a 25% shortfall. This statement is best described as:

Question 3

Which of the following best explains why an enterprise view of risk management matters for a corporate pension fund?

Question 4

Which component is not normally listed as part of a risk management framework in the chapter?

Question 6

Which of these is primarily a market risk rather than a credit or liquidity risk?

Question 7

Which is the best description of liquidity risk as used in the chapter?

Question 8

Which risk is defined as the organization running out of cash even if its assets might be solvent in value terms?

Question 9

Which metric answers the question: 'What is the minimum loss we expect with 5 percent probability over a one-day horizon'?

Question 10

Which pair are first-order and second-order derivative sensitivities respectively?

Question 11

Which of the following statements about VaR is correct?

Question 12

Which tool is described as complementary to VaR for evaluating extreme scenarios?

Question 13

Which of the following best describes 'wrong-way risk'?

Question 14

Which mitigation method is described as pooling many relatively uncorrelated risks and charging premiums based on expected aggregate losses?

Question 15

A company hedges a future foreign-currency receivable by entering a forward contract to sell that currency in one year. Compared with buying an option to sell, a forward:

Question 16

Which of these is an example of operational risk as defined in the chapter?

Question 17

Which best describes 'tail risk' concerns raised in the chapter?

Question 18

Why is diversification often characterized as a form of self-insurance?

Question 19

Which of the following is a practical reason insurers include deductibles in policies, according to the chapter?

Question 20

An investment fund decides to limit its total portfolio beta to no more than 0.7. This is an example of:

Question 21

Which of the following best explains why operational risk events are hard to measure quantitatively?

Question 22

When two risks interact nonlinearly (e.g., leverage combined with liquidity stress), the resulting total loss is often:

Question 23

Which of the following is a correct example of settlement risk?

Question 24

A CRO (Chief Risk Officer) is most appropriately tasked with which of the following?

Question 25

Which of these is least likely to be a reason a board delays discussing risk tolerance until after a crisis, per the chapter?

Question 26

Which statement best describes the role of communication in risk management?

Question 27

If a firm decides to hold more cash to reduce solvency risk, this action is best classified as:

Question 28

Which of the following is an example of risk shifting rather than risk transfer?

Question 29

An investment committee wants to ensure the portfolio manager is adding value relative to passive market exposure. Which risk governance tool directly facilitates comparing active decisions against market risk-return?

Question 30

Which of the following is a correct implication of the chapter's discussion on individuals' 'enterprise' of total wealth?

Question 31

Which of the following best describes 'model risk' as used in the chapter?

Question 32

A firm faces a rare but extreme potential loss from a natural catastrophe. Which mitigation approach would the chapter most likely recommend considering first?

Question 33

Which of the following describes the primary benefit of performing scenario analysis regularly?

Question 34

Which of the following is the most accurate characterization of 'enterprise risk management' in the chapter?

Question 35

Which factor makes credit risk measurement particularly challenging, as described in the chapter?

Question 36

Which of the following is an argument the chapter gives for having a CRO or risk committee?

Question 37

Which of the following best describes a 'surety bond' in corporate risk management terms?

Question 38

A hedge fund reduces turnover and holds losing positions longer in hopes of a rebound while selling winners quickly. Which bias would a risk governance process aim to mitigate in its investment review?

Question 39

Which of the following is a correct use of the Greeks for risk management?

Question 40

An organization wants to ensure its risk exposures remain 'in line' with policies. Which step in the risk framework addresses monitoring and action when exposures deviate?

Question 41

Which of the following best explains why risks that are 'insurable' are attractive to insurers?

Question 42

Which example from the chapter illustrates how leverage can interact with liquidity to create amplified loss?

Question 43

Which of the following is NOT listed as a core component of risk infrastructure?

Question 44

Which of the following correctly pairs a mitigation technique with its typical downside as described in the chapter?

Question 45

Which of the following best summarizes why regulatory, accounting, and tax changes are challenging risks to quantify?

Question 46

Which of the following is a reason a firm would use reinsurance or catastrophe bonds?

Question 47

Which of the following is a correct application of extreme value theory mentioned in the chapter?

Question 48

If an organization sets a risk budget by factor exposures (equity beta 60%, interest-rate sensitivity 30%, FX 10%), this approach is an example of:

Question 49

Which of the following statements aligns with the chapter's view on the ultimate goal of risk management?

Question 50

Which practice would the chapter most strongly recommend to detect hindsight bias in investment review?