Question 30
Domain 3: Knowledge Integration, Data Handling, Cognition, Planning, and MemoryWhat planning approach handles uncertainty?
Correct answer: A
Explanation
Contingency planning handles uncertainty by building a primary plan with backup options for uncertain elements. It relies on monitoring conditions and switching to contingencies when needed, while maintaining flexibility and ensuring key requirements are met.
Why each option is right or wrong
A. Contingency planning: create primary plan with backup options for uncertain elements, monitor conditions, switch to contingencies when needed, maintain plan flexibility while ensuring key requirements met.
Contingency planning is the appropriate approach where outcomes are uncertain because it explicitly builds a primary course of action plus predefined fallback options for variables that may change. In practice, the plan is monitored against trigger conditions, and the contingency is activated only when those conditions are met, preserving flexibility without abandoning the core requirements of the project or decision.
B. Create single fixed plan.
C. Wait until all uncertainty resolved before planning.
D. Create multiple complete plans, let user choose.