Acknowledging Limitations while Maintaining Confidence

💡 TL;DR 🎯 Acknowledging what you don't know without losing authority is one of the most advanced Korean speech skills. This lesson teaches how to admit limitations, uncertainty, and gaps while projecting competence and maintaining trust.

📌 Helper Note 🗒️ In Korean formal settings, admitting ignorance outright ("모르겠습니다") damages credibility. The skill is to acknowledge limits while simultaneously signaling competence: "완벽히 파악하진 못했습니다만, 현재까지 파악된 바로는..." = "I haven't fully grasped it yet, but as far as we've established..."

🔑 Big Picture

🛡️ Three limitation acknowledgment modes:

Mode	Situation	Korean pattern
Knowledge gap	You don't fully know	완벽히 파악하진 못했습니다만...
Scope limit	Outside your area	제 전문 분야를 벗어나는 부분이지만...
Data uncertainty	Numbers/facts not confirmed	정확한 수치는 확인이 필요하나...

🧩 Core Concepts

🔍 Acknowledging Incomplete Knowledge

🎯 Scope Limitation Language

💪 Maintaining Confidence While Admitting Limits

✅ Exam Strategy

✔️ 완벽히 파악하진 못했습니다만 = the knowledge gap opener that maintains confidence

✔️ 현재까지 파악된 바로는 = "what we know so far" — confidence from what IS known

✔️ 제 전문 분야를 벗어나는 부분이지만 = graceful scope limitation

✔️ 잠정적인 결론 = provisional conclusion — signals rigor, not weakness

⚠️ Pitfalls

😬 "모르겠습니다" alone — sounds unprepared; always pair with what you DO know

😬 Over-qualifying everything — constant hedging erodes confidence; hedge only where needed

😬 Pretending certainty you don't have — discovered later, destroys trust

😬 Apologizing excessively for not knowing — "죄송합니다만 잘 몰라서..." weakens authority; use professional limitation language instead

🗣️ Dialogue Patterns

Pattern 1 — Incomplete knowledge + what you do know:

완벽히 파악하진 못했습니다만, 현재까지 파악된 바로는 ~입니다.

Pattern 2 — Scope limitation + referral:

이 부분은 제 전문 분야를 벗어납니다. ~팀에서 더 정확히 말씀드릴 수 있습니다.

Pattern 3 — Data uncertainty + commitment:

정확한 수치는 아직 확인이 필요합니다. 확인 즉시 공유해 드리겠습니다.

Pattern 4 — Provisional conclusion + follow-up:

현재로서는 잠정적인 결론이며, 추가 검토 후 보완 드리겠습니다.

🧠 Nuance Bank

🔖 Try this exercise

Q1. The best way to acknowledge incomplete knowledge while maintaining confidence is:

① "모르겠습니다."

② "완벽히 파악하진 못했습니다만, 현재까지 파악된 바로는 ~입니다."

③ "그건 중요하지 않아요."

④ "나중에 알아볼게요."

Answer

② — 완벽히 파악하진 못했습니다만 (acknowledges the gap) + 현재까지 파악된 바로는 (then pivots to what IS known) = the knowledge gap acknowledgment formula.

Q2. 잠정적인 결론 means:

① A wrong conclusion

② A provisional/tentative conclusion — not final, subject to revision

③ A final conclusion

④ A personal conclusion

Answer

② — 잠정적인 결론 = provisional/tentative conclusion. 잠정적 = temporary, provisional. Signals intellectual rigor — you won't overcommit before all evidence is in.

Q3. "제 전문 분야를 벗어나는 부분이지만" signals:

① You don't know anything about the topic

② Your expertise has limits here — a competent referral to appropriate expertise

③ You're declining to answer

④ The question is inappropriate

Answer

② — 제 전문 분야를 벗어나는 부분이지만 = this is outside my area of expertise, but... Signals self-awareness and appropriate scope — a sign of confidence, not weakness.

Q4. "현재까지 파악된 바로는" is used to:

① Admit you know nothing

② Signal confidence based on what IS known — "as far as we've established so far"

③ Delay the answer indefinitely

④ Refer to another expert

Answer

② — 현재까지 파악된 바로는 = as far as we've established so far. Pivots from the limitation to the confident statement of what IS known.

Q5. Over-qualifying EVERY statement (constant hedging) has what effect?

① Makes you sound more honest

② Erodes confidence and authority — hedge only where genuinely uncertain

③ Makes the audience more engaged

④ Is required in Korean formal speech

Answer

② — Constant hedging signals uncertainty about everything. Strategic limitation acknowledgment — only where genuinely uncertain — preserves overall authority.

Q6. "추가 검토 후 보완 드리겠습니다" means:

① The answer is final

② I'll supplement/update this after further review — commits to improvement

③ I'll remove this later

④ This doesn't need checking

Answer

② — 추가 검토 후 (after further review) + 보완 드리겠습니다 (I'll supplement/complete) = the commitment to follow-up that turns a limitation into a strength.

Q7. "확인된 사실에 근거하여 말씀드리겠습니다" signals:

① I'm guessing

② I'll speak based only on confirmed facts — high epistemic standard

③ I have all the facts

④ I'll speak broadly

Answer

② — 확인된 사실에 근거하여 말씀드리겠습니다 = I'll speak based on confirmed facts. Signals you only say what you can verify — high credibility standard.

Q8. The WORST way to handle a question outside your expertise is:

① Refer to the appropriate expert

② Answer confidently with information you're unsure about, to avoid looking ignorant

③ 제 전문 분야를 벗어나지만... + referral

④ 잠정적인 결론이지만...

Answer

② — False confidence with unverified information is the highest-risk approach. Discovered errors destroy credibility far more than graceful referrals do.

Q9. "아직 확정된 사항은 아닙니다만" is used when:

① The information is fully confirmed

② A matter is still being decided — "this hasn't been finalized yet, but..."

③ You are summarizing

④ You are closing the presentation

Answer

② — 아직 확정된 사항은 아닙니다만 = this hasn't been finalized yet, but... Used when sharing preliminary information that is still subject to change.

Q10. The structure of a confident limitation acknowledgment is:

① [limitation] only

② [limitation acknowledgment] + [what you DO know] + [commitment to follow-up]

③ [apology] + [limitation]

④ [limitation] + [silence]

Answer

② — Acknowledge the gap + pivot to what IS known + commit to follow-up = the complete confident limitation acknowledgment structure.

🛠️ Speaking Formula

🛡️ Confident Limitation Formula:

[완벽히 파악하진 못했습니다만] + [현재까지 파악된 바로는 ~입니다] + [잠정적인 결론이며] + [추가 검토 후 보완 드리겠습니다]

📌 Remember

🌟 완벽히 파악하진 못했습니다만 = acknowledge gap, then pivot to what you know

🌟 현재까지 파악된 바로는 = "as far as we know" — confidence from confirmed info

🌟 잠정적인 결론 = provisional conclusion — rigorous, not weak

🌟 제 전문 분야를 벗어나는 부분 = graceful scope referral

🌟 추가 검토 후 보완 드리겠습니다 = the follow-up commitment that turns limits into strength

🎯 Practice Hub

1. "완벽히 파악하진 못했습니다만" is followed by:

① Nothing

② A confident statement of what IS known — "현재까지 파악된 바로는..."

③ An apology

④ A referral to another speaker

Answer

② — The limitation acknowledgment MUST be followed by what you DO know. The pivot (만/but) signals that more is coming.

2. 파악하다 means:

① To prepare

② To grasp / understand / ascertain — "to get a clear picture of"

③ To report

④ To confirm

Answer

② — 파악하다 = to grasp, understand, ascertain. 완벽히 파악하진 못했습니다만 = I haven't fully grasped/ascertained it yet, but...

3. Which approach BEST maintains confidence while acknowledging data uncertainty?

① "정확한 수치를 몰라요."

② "정확한 수치는 확인이 필요하나, 현재 파악된 수치는 ~입니다. 확인 즉시 공유해 드리겠습니다."

③ "숫자는 중요하지 않아요."

④ "전문가에게 물어보세요."

Answer

② — Data gap acknowledgment + what IS known + commitment to verify and share = the confident data uncertainty formula.

4. 잠정적 means:

① Permanent

② Provisional / tentative / temporary — subject to revision

③ Official

④ Confirmed

Answer

② — 잠정적 = provisional, tentative. 잠정적인 결론 = provisional conclusion. 잠정 (暫定) = temporarily determined.

5. "이 부분에 대해서는 전문가의 의견이 필요합니다" signals:

① You refuse to help

② Intellectual honesty — some questions require specialist expertise, and you're directing to the right source

③ The question is inappropriate

④ You're ending the conversation

Answer

② — 전문가의 의견이 필요합니다 = expert opinion is needed. Signals intellectual honesty and appropriate scope — a mark of competence, not ignorance.

6. "모든 변수를 고려한 건 아닙니다만" is used to:

① Dismiss the analysis

② Signal honest complexity — "I haven't factored in every variable, but here's what I have"

③ Apologize for being unprepared

④ Decline to answer

Answer

② — 모든 변수를 고려한 건 아닙니다만 = I haven't considered every variable, but... Signals analytical honesty while still offering what you have.

7. 보완하다 in 추가 검토 후 보완 드리겠습니다 means:

① To correct mistakes

② To supplement / complete / fill in — adding to what's already there

③ To replace

④ To summarize

Answer

② — 보완하다 = to supplement, complete, complement — adding what's missing to make something whole. 추가 검토 후 보완 드리겠습니다 = I'll supplement this after further review.

8. The Korean register for acknowledging limitations in a formal setting is:

① Apologetic and submissive

② Professional and forward-looking — acknowledge the gap, state what you know, commit to follow-up

③ Evasive and vague

④ Confident about everything

Answer

② — Professional Korean formal register for limitations: acknowledge clearly + pivot to confirmed knowledge + commit to follow-up = forward-looking, not apologetic or evasive.

9. "현재 파악된 정보에 기반해서 말씀드리면" signals:

① You're speculating

② You're basing your statement on currently verified information — epistemic grounding

③ You haven't prepared

④ You're summarizing others' opinions

Answer

② — 현재 파악된 정보에 기반해서 = based on the information currently ascertained/verified. Grounds your statement in what's confirmed, not speculation.

10. The key difference between "모르겠습니다" and "완벽히 파악하진 못했습니다만":

① They mean the same thing

② 모르겠습니다 is flat admission of ignorance; 완벽히 파악하진 못했습니다만 acknowledges a gap while signaling ongoing knowledge acquisition — one destroys credibility, the other maintains it

③ 완벽히 파악하진 못했습니다만 is more casual

④ 모르겠습니다 is more formal

Answer

② — 모르겠습니다 = flat "I don't know" — credibility damage. 완벽히 파악하진 못했습니다만 = I haven't fully grasped it yet BUT — signals active knowledge-gathering + confidence in what IS known.

11–50. (Extended drilling)

11. 변수 means:

① Factor that stays the same

② Variable — a factor that can change

③ Data point

④ Expert

Answer

② — 변수 = variable (a changeable factor). 모든 변수를 고려한 건 아닙니다만 = I haven't considered every variable, but...

12. "확인 즉시 공유해 드리겠습니다" means:

① I'll share this in a week

② I'll share as soon as I've confirmed — immediate follow-up commitment

③ I'll share if relevant

④ I'll share eventually

Answer

② — 확인 즉시 (as soon as confirmed) + 공유해 드리겠습니다 (I'll share) = the most time-specific follow-up commitment.

13. Which phrase pairs BEST with 제 전문 분야를 벗어나는 부분이지만?

① "그러니 대답 못 해요."

② "~팀에서 더 자세히 말씀드릴 수 있습니다."

③ "잘 모릅니다."

④ "그건 중요하지 않아요."

Answer

② — 제 전문 분야를 벗어나는 부분이지만 + ~팀에서 더 자세히 말씀드릴 수 있습니다 = the complete graceful scope limitation + referral formula.

14. "잠정적인 결론이지만" signals intellectual rigor because:

① It admits you don't know

② It signals you won't overclaim — conclusions may be revised as new information comes in

③ It sounds uncertain

④ It avoids commitment

Answer

② — 잠정적인 결론 = provisional conclusion. Signals: "I've formed a conclusion based on current evidence, but I'm open to revision." Rigor, not weakness.

15. "아직 확정된 사항은 아닙니다만" is most useful when:

① You have all the information

② Sharing preliminary information that is still subject to change — the decision/fact hasn't been finalized

③ Summarizing confirmed results

④ Making an official policy statement

Answer

② — 아직 확정된 사항은 아닙니다만 = this hasn't been finalized yet, but... Best for sharing evolving/preliminary information while flagging its provisional status.

16. 근거 in 확인된 사실에 근거하여 means:

① Reason

② Basis / grounds — "based on / grounded in"

③ Context

④ Source

Answer

② — 근거 = basis, grounds. ~에 근거하여 = based on ~. 확인된 사실에 근거하여 = based on/grounded in confirmed facts.

17. The strategic reason to acknowledge limitations professionally is:

① To show humility

② To build long-term credibility — admitting limits protects you from being caught wrong later

③ Korean culture demands it

④ To reduce the audience's expectations

Answer

② — Professional limitation acknowledgment = credibility insurance. Being caught out after false confidence damages trust far more than graceful acknowledgment of genuine uncertainty.

18. "제 역할의 범위를 넘어서는 사안입니다" means:

① This is unimportant

② This matter is beyond the scope of my role — signals institutional boundaries

③ I choose not to answer

④ This is confidential

Answer

② — 제 역할의 범위를 넘어서는 사안입니다 = this is a matter that exceeds the scope of my role. Signals organizational boundary, not ignorance.

19. 범위 in 제 역할의 범위를 넘어서는 means:

① Importance

② Scope / range — "the scope of my role"

③ Limit

④ Authority

Answer

② — 범위 = scope, range. 제 역할의 범위를 넘어서는 = exceeding the scope of my role.

20. The complete formula for projecting confidence while acknowledging a specific data gap is:

① "수치를 몰라요."

② "정확한 수치는 확인이 필요하나, 현재 파악된 바로는 ~이며, 확인 즉시 정확한 수치를 공유해 드리겠습니다."

③ "전문가에게 물어보세요."

④ "데이터가 없어요."

Answer

② — Acknowledge data gap + what IS known + commit to specific follow-up = the complete confident data limitation formula.

21–50. (Final drill)

21. 근거하다 means:

① To conclude

② To be based on / to be grounded in

③ To speculate

④ To summarize

Answer

② — 근거하다 = to be based on, grounded in. 확인된 사실에 근거하여 말씀드리겠습니다 = I'll speak based on confirmed facts.

22. "보완 드리겠습니다" after a limitation acknowledgment signals:

① You'll replace what you said

② You'll add to/supplement what you've provided — forward-looking commitment

③ You'll apologize later

④ You'll provide a different answer

Answer

② — 보완 드리겠습니다 = I'll supplement/complete this. Signals you're not done — more will come once confirmed. Turns limitation into a forward-looking commitment.

23. The Korean hedge that signals rigor (not weakness) is:

① "잘 모르겠어요."

② "잠정적인 결론이지만..."

③ "아마도..."

④ "글쎄요..."

Answer

② — 잠정적인 결론이지만 = provisional conclusion, but... Signals analytical rigor — conclusions may be revised as new evidence emerges. Not weakness; intellectual honesty.

24. The most complete confident limitation formula opens with:

① An apology

② A limitation acknowledgment immediately followed by a pivot to what IS known

③ A question to the audience

④ Data

Answer

② — The structure: [limitation acknowledgment] → PIVOT (만/하지만) → [what IS known]. The pivot is critical — it shows the limitation doesn't stop your analysis.

25. "정확한 수치는 확인이 필요하나" signals:

① The data doesn't exist

② The exact figures need verification — you're being precise about the gap

③ You don't have any data

④ The question is about numbers

Answer

② — 정확한 수치는 확인이 필요하나 = the exact figures need verification, but... Being precise about WHAT needs verification (not everything — just exact figures) signals careful thinking.

26. "~팀에서 더 자세히 말씀드릴 수 있습니다" is an effective referral because:

① It avoids the question

② It names the appropriate resource — signals institutional knowledge of who knows what

③ It dismisses the question

④ It defers indefinitely

Answer

② — Naming the specific team that can help shows you know the organization's expertise map — itself a sign of competence even while acknowledging your own scope limit.

27. Which phrase is MOST honest about analytic completeness?

① "완벽한 분석입니다."

② "모든 변수를 고려한 건 아닙니다만, 핵심 요인들을 분석한 결과는 ~입니다."

③ "분석이 완전히 완료됐어요."

④ "이게 맞아요."

Answer

② — 모든 변수를 고려한 건 아닙니다만 (honest about completeness) + 핵심 요인들을 분석한 결과는 ~입니다 (confidence about core findings) = honest + confident.

28. 즉시 in 확인 즉시 공유해 드리겠습니다 means:

① Eventually

② Immediately / as soon as

③ This week

④ After review

Answer

② — 즉시 = immediately, as soon as. 확인 즉시 공유해 드리겠습니다 = I'll share as soon as I've confirmed it.

29. "현재로서는 잠정적인 결론이며, 추가 검토 후 보완 드리겠습니다" is most credible because:

① It admits uncertainty about everything

② It signals intellectual rigor — provisional conclusions + commitment to improve = professional epistemic standard

③ It's long

④ It uses formal Korean

Answer

② — Provisional conclusions + follow-up commitment = the professional epistemic standard: "here's my best current analysis, and I'll refine it as I learn more."

30. The COMPLETE confident limitation framework in Korean formal speech is:

① 모르겠습니다 → 감사합니다

② [한계 인정: 완벽히 파악하진 못했습니다만] + [아는 것 제시: 현재까지 파악된 바로는] + [잠정성 표시: 잠정적인 결론이며] + [후속 약속: 추가 검토 후 보완 드리겠습니다]

③ 아마도 → 아마도 → 감사합니다

④ 전문가한테 물어보세요

Answer

② — Acknowledge gap + what IS known + provisional framing + follow-up commitment = the complete confident limitation framework.

31–50. (Final drill)

31. 전문 분야 means:

① Work area

② Area of expertise / specialty

③ Research topic

④ Department

Answer

② — 전문 분야 = area of expertise, specialty. 제 전문 분야를 벗어나는 부분이지만 = this is outside my area of expertise, but...

32. In Korean formal settings, excessive apology when acknowledging limitations:

① Builds sympathy

② Weakens authority — use professional limitation language, not apology

③ Is required by etiquette

④ Is the same as professional limitation language

Answer

② — "죄송합니다만 잘 몰라서..." (I'm sorry, I don't really know) = weakens authority. "완벽히 파악하진 못했습니다만..." (I haven't fully ascertained this yet, but...) = maintains authority.

33. "확정된 사항" means:

① Estimated matter

② A finalized/confirmed matter

③ A disputed matter

④ A new matter

Answer

② — 확정된 사항 = a finalized, confirmed matter. 아직 확정된 사항은 아닙니다만 = this hasn't been finalized yet, but...

34. The word 만 in limitation phrases (완벽히 파악하진 못했습니다만) functions as:

① "So" — concluding

② "But / however" — the pivot that introduces what you DO know

③ "Therefore" — consequence

④ "Also" — addition

Answer

② — 만 at the end of a clause = "but, however." 완벽히 파악하진 못했습니다만 = I haven't fully grasped this, BUT [pivot to what you know follows].

35. "추가 검토" means:

① Removing something

② Additional review / further examination

③ Final confirmation

④ External audit

Answer

② — 추가 검토 = additional review, further examination. 추가 검토 후 보완 드리겠습니다 = I'll supplement after further review.

36. Which is the MOST professionally credible response to a question where you're 60% sure?

① "확실합니다."

② "현재까지 파악된 바로는 ~입니다만, 잠정적인 결론이며 추가 확인 후 보완 드리겠습니다."

③ "모르겠습니다."

④ "아마도 ~이에요."

Answer

② — State what you know (현재까지 파악된 바로는) + flag it as provisional (잠정적인 결론) + commit to follow-up (추가 확인 후 보완) = most credible at 60% certainty.

37. 역할 in 제 역할의 범위를 넘어서는 means:

① Department

② Role — the function and scope of one's position

③ Authority

④ Responsibility

Answer

② — 역할 = role. 제 역할의 범위를 넘어서는 = beyond the scope of my role/function.

38. "이 부분에 대해서는 ~에서 더 정확히 말씀드릴 수 있습니다" does what in a Q&A?

① Avoids the question

② Routes the questioner to the right resource — referral with directional precision

③ Ends the conversation

④ Defers indefinitely

Answer

② — 더 정확히 말씀드릴 수 있습니다 = can speak more accurately. Naming the resource (팀, 담당자, 전문가) = directional referral that serves the questioner.

39. 잠정적인 결론 vs. 최종 결론 — what's the difference?

① They mean the same

② 잠정적인 결론 = provisional, subject to change; 최종 결론 = final, not subject to revision

③ 최종 결론 is more formal

④ 잠정적인 결론 is wrong

Answer

② — 잠정적인 결론 (暫定的結論) = provisional conclusion, open to revision. 최종 결론 (最終結論) = final conclusion. Use 잠정적인 when still gathering information.

40. The combination of 잠정적인 결론 + 추가 검토 후 보완 communicates:

① Incompetence

② Professional rigor: "here's my current best analysis; I'll improve it as I learn more"

③ Evasion

④ Complete knowledge

Answer

② — Provisional conclusion + commitment to follow-up = the professional epistemic standard that signals both current competence and intellectual rigor.

41. 벗어나다 in 제 전문 분야를 벗어나는 부분이지만 means:

① To approach

② To go beyond / to be outside / to deviate from

③ To summarize

④ To enter

Answer

② — 벗어나다 = to go beyond, to be outside, to deviate from. 제 전문 분야를 벗어나는 = going beyond/outside my area of expertise.

42. The phrase that MOST precisely describes what you don't know is:

① "많이 몰라요."

② "정확한 수치는 확인이 필요하나..." (precise about what is unconfirmed — the data)

③ "다 모르겠어요."

④ "확실하지 않아요."

Answer

② — 정확한 수치는 확인이 필요하나 = the EXACT figures need verification. Being precise about WHAT you don't know (just the exact numbers, not the whole picture) signals competence.

43. "현재 파악된 정보에 기반해서 말씀드리면" is most useful when:

① You have complete certainty

② You're making statements based on partial but confirmed information — flags epistemic grounding

③ You're speculating

④ You're summarizing others' views

Answer

② — 현재 파악된 정보에 기반해서 = based on currently ascertained/confirmed information. Flags: (a) information may not be complete; (b) what you DO say is grounded in what IS confirmed.

44. Acknowledging limitations well in Korean formal settings builds trust because:

① Koreans prefer modesty in all cases

② Audiences know no one is omniscient — precision about what you know vs. don't signals trustworthiness

③ It signals cultural competence

④ It avoids difficult questions

Answer

② — Precision about knowledge vs. uncertainty = trustworthiness. Audiences respect speakers who are honest about the boundary between confirmed and unconfirmed.

45. 넘어서다 in 역할의 범위를 넘어서는 사안입니다 means:

① To approach

② To exceed / to go beyond

③ To be within

④ To address

Answer

② — 넘어서다 = to exceed, to go beyond. 역할의 범위를 넘어서는 = exceeding the scope/range of my role.

46. "잠정적인 결론이며" signals what about your epistemic approach?

① You're guessing

② You're treating conclusions as revisable — intellectual openness, not ignorance

③ You've done incomplete research

④ You're avoiding commitment

Answer

② — 잠정적인 결론이며 = this is a provisional conclusion — open to revision as new evidence emerges. Signals: I have conclusions, but I hold them with appropriate epistemic humility.

47. In formal Korean presentations, the MOST credible speaker:

① Claims complete certainty about everything

② Clearly separates confirmed facts from provisional conclusions from genuine unknowns

③ Hedges every single statement

④ Refers everything to others

Answer

② — Clear epistemic calibration: confirmed facts (확인된 사실) vs. provisional conclusions (잠정적 결론) vs. genuine gaps (파악 중인 사항) = the highest-credibility presentation style.

48. The phrase "저희 기관 내 ~팀에서 더 정확히 안내해 드릴 수 있습니다" does which TWO things?

① Only limits your scope

② Acknowledges your scope limit AND actively helps the questioner by directing them to the right resource

③ Dismisses the question

④ Defers to a later time

Answer

② — Acknowledges scope limit (this is outside my area) + actively helps (directs to the right team) = both intellectual honesty AND genuine service to the questioner.

49. 공유 in 확인 즉시 공유해 드리겠습니다 means:

① To confirm

② To share / to disclose

③ To deliver

④ To inform

Answer

② — 공유 = sharing. 공유해 드리겠습니다 = I'll share (with you). 확인 즉시 공유해 드리겠습니다 = I'll share as soon as I've confirmed.

50. The complete confident limitation system for Korean formal speech is:

① 모름 → 사과 → 끝

② [한계 인정 + BUT pivot] + [현재 아는 것] + [잠정성 표시] + [추후 보완 약속] + [필요 시 전문가 referral]

③ 전부 안다고 주장 → 끝

④ 질문 회피 → 끝

Answer

② — Acknowledge gap (with pivot) + state what you know + flag as provisional + commit to follow-up + refer to expert if out of scope = the complete confident limitation system.