Risk Management & Mitigation Flashcards
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A captioner is hired for a 6-hour awards ceremony. The BEST fatigue-risk mitigation strategy is:
Answer: Scheduling a relay partner to switch every 20-30 minutes
CART and broadcast captioning standards recommend relay partners switching every 20-30 minutes to prevent accuracy degradation from cognitive fatigue.
What is the purpose of a 'caption drop rate' metric in broadcast risk monitoring?
Answer: It measures the percentage of spoken words that are omitted from captions, flagging accuracy risk
Caption drop rate quantifies word omission frequency, a key accuracy KPI that signals when caption quality risk is rising.
A steno-captioner's realtime translation dictionary has not been updated in 18 months. The RISK this creates is:
Answer: Outdated entries causing systematic mistranslation of new terminology and proper nouns
An outdated dictionary lacks entries for new terms, names, and acronyms, causing predictable and preventable translation errors.
When a live caption feed is cut by a technical fault and resumes, the captioner should:
Answer: Resume captioning from the current live audio and log the gap with timestamps for the incident report
Resuming from live audio ensures viewers get current content while the timestamped gap log supports post-incident accountability and FCC documentation.
A captioner discovers that their auto-save software failed and an entire broadcast session was not saved locally. The PRIMARY risk this exposes is:
Answer: Inability to provide a verbatim transcript for FCC audit, legal review, or client quality control
Without a saved session record, the captioner cannot fulfill regulatory or contractual obligations requiring verbatim transcript evidence.
A weather-related emergency interrupts a local news broadcast mid-caption. The captioner's BEST action is:
Answer: Continue captioning the emergency content at highest priority, as this is when accessibility is most critical
Emergency broadcasts are the highest-stakes moments for caption accuracy and audience reliance; captioners should prioritize uninterrupted coverage.
Which insurance type is MOST relevant for a freelance broadcast captioner seeking to mitigate professional liability risk?
Answer: Errors and omissions (E&O) professional liability insurance
E&O insurance covers claims arising from professional mistakes or omissions in caption delivery, the most direct liability risk for captioners.