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Explanation:
Key performance indicators are a set of quantifiable measures that a company or industry uses to gauge or compare performance in terms of meeting their strategic and operational goals. Key performance indicators (KPIs) provide insights into the operational effectiveness of the concept or capability that they monitor.
Incorrect Answers:
A: Key risk Indicators (KRIs) only provide insights into potential risks that may exist or be realized within a concept or capability that they monitor.
B: Capability maturity models (CMMs) assess the maturity of a concept or capability and do not provide insights into operational effectiveness.
D: Metric thresholds are decision or action points that are enacted when a KPI or KRI reports a specific value or set of values.

Section: Volume D

Section: Volume C
Explanation:
Operation risks encompass any potential interruption in business. Operational risks are those risk that are associated with the day-to-day operations of the enterprise. They are generally more detailed as compared to strategic risks. It is the risk of loss resulting from inadequate or failed internal processes, people and systems, or from external events. Some sub-categories of operational risks include:
* Organizational or management related risks
* Information security risks
* Production, process, and productivity risks
* Profitability operational risks
* Business interruption risks
* Project activity risks
* Contract and product liability risks
* Incidents and crisis
* Illegal or malicious acts
Incorrect Answers:
A: Reporting risks are those occurrences which prevent accurate and timely reporting.
C: Legal risks are dealing with those events which can deteriorate the company's legal status. Legal compliance is the process or procedure to ensure that an organization follows relevant laws, regulations and business rules. The definition of legal compliance, especially in the context of corporate legal departments, has recently been expanded to include understanding and adhering to ethical codes within entire professions, as well. Hence legal and compliance risk has the potential to deteriorate company's legal or regulatory status.
D: Strategic risks have potential which breaks in obtaining strategic objectives. Since the strategic objective will shape and impact the entire organization, the risk of not meeting that objective can impose a great threat on the organization.

Section: Volume D
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