Resilience is defined as which quality?

• A. Ability to adapt to changes or losses
• B. Maintaining operations with no change after losses
• C. Quality to maintain operations regardless of changes or losses
• D. Ability to avoid any risk

Answer: (C)

Resilience is the ability to keep the system operating in the face of changes or losses. It means absorbing the impact, continuing essential missions, and recovering quickly. The best description among the options is maintaining operations regardless of changes or losses, because it captures the core idea of staying functional despite disruptions. The other ideas are only partial: adapting to changes or losses is part of resilience but not the full picture; maintaining operations with no change after losses is too rigid; avoiding any risk is risk avoidance, not resilience.