One goal of risk management is to ______ Mission Effectiveness.

• A. Preserve
• B. Improve
• C. Maintain
• D. Enhance

Answer: (D)

Risk management is about increasing the success of a mission by reducing risk and ensuring that capabilities, resources, and plans work together as intended. When you apply risk controls and mitigation, you’re not just keeping things as they are or making small tweaks—you’re aiming to raise how effectively the mission can be carried out. Enhancing Mission Effectiveness means improving readiness, reliability, and coordination so that objectives are achieved more reliably and efficiently, even in the face of hazards. The other options describe keeping the status quo or making only incremental gains, which don’t capture the goal of elevating overall mission performance.