4.2: Types of Alternate Recovery Site (Doshi)

Question 1

Alternate Recovery Sites are:

Answer 1

(1) Warm site
(2) Cold site
(3) hot site
(4) mirrored site
(5) Mobile site
(6) Reciprocal arrangement

Question 2

What resources are available at a mirrored site?

Answer 2

(1) Space and basic infrastructure
(2) All applications
(3) Updated data back-up

Question 3

What additional requirements are needed for resumption of service at a mirrored site?

Answer 3

Hardly anything

Question 4

What resources are available at a hot site?

Answer 4

(1) Space and basic infrastructure

(2) All applications

Question 5

What additional requirements are needed for resumption of service at a hot site?

Answer 5

(1) Updated data back-up

Question 6

What resources are available at a warm site?

Answer 6

(1) Space and basic infrastructure

(2) Few IT applications

Question 7

What additional resources are required for the resumption of service at a warm site?

Answer 7

(1) Required IT applications

(2) Updated data back-up

Question 8

What resources are already available at cold site?

Answer 8

(1) Space and

(2) basic infrastructure

Question 9

What additional requirements are needed for resumption of service at a cold site?

Answer 9

(1) Required IT applications

(2) Updated data back-up

Question 10

Mobile sites:

Answer 10

are processing facilities mounted on a transportable vehicle and kept ready to be delivered

Question 11

Reciprocal Agreement is:

Answer 11

(1) agreements wherein two organizations (mostly having similar processing) agree to help each other in case of emergency.
(2) Reciprocal agreements are the least expensive because they usually rely on agreement between two firms. However, they are the least reliable.

Question 12

Which DR is the most expensive for maintaining alternate recovery site?

Answer 12

Mirror site

Question 13

Which DR is the least expensive for maintaining alternate recovery site?

Answer 13

Reciprocal Agreement

Question 14

Which DR has the fastest recovery time?

Answer 14

(1) Mirrored site is the first,

(2) then hot site

Question 15

Which DR has the slowest recovery time?

Answer 15

Cold sites

Question 16

What recovery is recommended for CRITICAL systems?

Answer 16

Mirrored/ hot sites

Question 17

What recovery is recommended for NON CRITICAL system?

Answer 17

Cold site

Question 18

In any given scenario, mirrored site

Answer 18

is fastest mode of recovery and then hot site.

Question 19

In any given scenario, cold site is

Answer 19

slowest mode of recovery.

Question 20

In any given scenario, for critical system, mirrored/hot sites

Answer 20

are appropriate option.

Question 21

In any given scenario, for non-critical system, cold site is

Answer 21

appropriate option.

Question 22

In any given scenario, reciprocal agreement will have

Answer 22

lowest expenditure in terms of recovery arrangement.