Mitigation is simply taking steps to reduce or eliminate losses from?

• A. Immediate threats
• B. Foreseeable hazards
• C. Unknown risks
• D. Irreversible damages

Answer: (B)

Mitigation is about reducing the impact of risks by addressing what could plausibly go wrong before it happens. The best focus is on foreseeable hazards—those risks you can reasonably predict based on the environment, history, and plan. If you only respond to threats as they occur, you’re dealing with response rather than prevention; mitigation aims to lessen both the chance of a problem and its potential losses by planning ahead. Unknown risks can’t be reliably anticipated, so they aren’t the primary target of mitigation. Irreversible damages describe an outcome, not the specific scope of actions needed to prevent or lessen it.