What does S.T.A.A.R stand for?

• A. Spread Out, Transfer, Avoid, Accept, Reduce
• B. Spread Out, Transfer, Avoid, Adopt, Reduce
• C. Spread Out, Time, Analyze, Act, Resolve
• D. Spread Out, Transfer, Avoid, Accept, Refuse

Answer: (A)

This question tests your understanding of S.T.A.A.R as the five risk-control options you can choose to manage hazards. S.T.A.A.R stands for Spread Out, Transfer, Avoid, Accept, Reduce.

Spread Out means widening separation or distributing tasks to lower everyone’s exposure to a hazard, so the impact on any one person or area is less. Transfer means shifting the risk to someone else, such as through insurance, contracts, or delegating the hazard to a partner. Avoid means not engaging in the activity or route that presents the hazard. Accept means acknowledging the remaining risk and proceeding only if the level of risk is tolerable after all other controls. Reduce means taking steps to lessen either the probability of the hazard occurring or the severity of its consequences, such as implementing procedures, barriers, or protective equipment.

The other options replace one of these standard terms with words that don’t fit the established risk-control framework (for example, Time, Adopt, or Refuse), so they don’t align with the recognized set of actions.