Business 4: Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity

Question 1

What does disaster recovery consist of?

Answer 1

An entity’s plan for restoring and continuing operations in the event of the destruction of program and data files, as well as processing capability

Question 2

What does disaster recovery consist of?

Answer 2

An entity’s plan for restoring and continuing operations in the event of the destruction of program and data files, as well as processing capability

Question 3

Name two major players in a disaster recovery plan.

Answer 3

• organization itself

- disaster recovery services provider (e.g. IBM or SunGard)

Question 4

Name two major players in a disaster recovery plan.

Answer 4

• organization itself

- disaster recovery services provider (e.g. IBM or SunGard)

Question 5

What are the five steps in disaster recovery?

Answer 5

1) Assess risks
2) Id mission-critical applications and data
3) Develop a plan
4) Determine responsibilities
5) Test the disaster recovery plan

Question 6

What is a downside with a duplicate data center and data mirroring?

Answer 6

Expensive

Question 7

What are three types of backups an organization can perform in order to recover lost data?

Answer 7

1) Full backup
2) Incremental backup
3) Differential backup

Question 8

What is a full backup?

Answer 8

Exact copy of entire database

Question 9

What do you call a backup involving copying only the data items that have changed since the last backup?

Answer 9

Incremental backup

Question 10

What is a differential backup?

Answer 10

Copies all changes made since last full backup

Question 11

What is the longest backup method?

Answer 11

Full backup

Question 12

What is the shortest backup method?

Answer 12

Incremental backup

Question 13

What method can be used to quickly backup large amounts of data to a remote location in the event of a disaster?

Answer 13

Split mirror backup

Question 14

What method can be used to quickly backup large amounts of data to a remote location in the event of a disaster?

Answer 14

Split mirror backup

Question 15

What are three types of off-site locations?

Answer 15

1) Cold site
2) Hot site
3) Warm site

Question 16

What type of off-site location is equipped to take over the company’s data processing in only a matter of hours?

Answer 16

Hot site

Question 17

What is the most difficult aspect of recover?

Answer 17

Telecommunications network

Question 18

What type of off-site location has all the electrical connections and other physical requirements for data processing, but does not have the actual equipment?

Answer 18

Cold site (1-3 days)

Question 19

What would you call an off-site location that is a compromise b/w a hot site and a cold site?

Answer 19

Warm site

Question 20

What is a warm backup site?

Answer 20

Facility that is already stocked w/ all the hardware that it takes to crate a reasonable facsimile of the primary data center

Question 21

True or false.

The major emphasis in disaster recovery is on the restoration of hardware and telecommunication services.

Answer 21

False (also the restoration of operating functionality)

Question 22

True or false.

Vulnerable uses application software packages. The license agreements for the packages usually provide the license holder the right to make backup copies of the software for disaster recovery purposes.

Answer 22

True

Question 23

True or false.

Vulnerable uses application software packages. The license agreements for the packages usually provide the license holder the right to make backup copies of the software for disaster recovery purposes.

Answer 23

True

Question 24

To prevent interrupted info systems operation, what two controls are typically included in an organization’s disaster recovery plan?

Answer 24

Backup and downtime controls