What are the correct steps in a basic risk assessment?

What are the correct steps in a basic risk assessment?

• A. Identify hazards, assess risk, implement controls, verify effectiveness, and document.
• B. Identify hazards, assess risk, implement controls, monitor effectiveness, and document.
• C. Define scope, collect data, implement changes, and monitor results.
• D. Identify hazards, assess risk, implement controls, evaluate effectiveness, and record outcomes.

Answer: (A)

In a basic risk assessment, the sequence is to identify hazards, assess the associated risk, implement controls to reduce that risk, then verify that those controls are actually working as intended and document the whole process and its results. Verifying effectiveness means checking in real conditions that the chosen controls lower the risk to an acceptable level, not just planning or assuming they will work. Documentation is essential for accountability, traceability, and future reviews. The other options miss or blur this sequence. One lacks the explicit hazard and risk identification step plus the verification of effectiveness, another leans toward ongoing monitoring without a clear verification step, and the last uses wording that doesn’t pinpoint the necessary check after implementation. The combination of identifying hazards, assessing risk, implementing controls, verifying effectiveness, and documenting outcomes best represents the core approach to a basic risk assessment.

In a basic risk assessment, the sequence is to identify hazards, assess the associated risk, implement controls to reduce that risk, then verify that those controls are actually working as intended and document the whole process and its results. Verifying effectiveness means checking in real conditions that the chosen controls lower the risk to an acceptable level, not just planning or assuming they will work. Documentation is essential for accountability, traceability, and future reviews.

The other options miss or blur this sequence. One lacks the explicit hazard and risk identification step plus the verification of effectiveness, another leans toward ongoing monitoring without a clear verification step, and the last uses wording that doesn’t pinpoint the necessary check after implementation. The combination of identifying hazards, assessing risk, implementing controls, verifying effectiveness, and documenting outcomes best represents the core approach to a basic risk assessment.