Risk a lot to save a viable life; Risk a little to save property; Risk _________ to save nothing.

• A. Everything
• B. All
• C. Nothing
• D. Something

Answer: (C)

The main idea here is how responders assess risk to protect people and property. In emergency decision-making, lives come first, property is considered next, and you should not expose yourself or others to danger if there’s no potential benefit. This sentence sets a gradient: you may risk a lot to save a viable life, you may risk a little to save property, but you should risk nothing to save nothing. That last part is the crucial point: if there’s no chance of saving anything, there’s no justification for taking any risk at all. So the missing word is Nothing, which completes the idea that when there’s nothing to gain, the prudent choice is to avoid risk entirely. The other options would imply risking something to save nothing, which contradicts the safety-oriented mindset that governs hazard response.