Practice Exam Flashcards
The number one priority of disaster planning should always be:
a) Preservation of capital
b) Personnel evacuation and safety
c) Resumption of core business functions
d) Investor relations
b
Which of the following is NOT a goal of a Business Impact Assessment (BIA)?
a) To inventory mutual aid agreements
b) To identify and prioritize business critical functions
c) To determine how much downtime the business can tolerate
d) To identify resources required by critical processes
a
In the context of Data Processing Continuity Planning,
“Subscription Services”
refers to:
a) Contracts to have replacement computer hardware within 72 hours
b) Contracts to have replacement computer hardware within 24 hours
c) Commercial services providing hot sites, warm sites, and cold sites
d) The quarterly journal “Continuity Planning”
c
The primary difference between a hot site and a warm site is:
a) A hot site is closer to the organization’s data centers than is the warm site.
b) The warm site’s systems don’t have the organization software or data installed.
c) The warm site doesn’t have computer systems in it.
d) The warm site is powered down, but the hot site is powered up and ready to go.
b
Which of the following is NOT a concern for a hot site?
a) Programs and data at the hot site must be protected.
b) A widespread disaster will strain the hot site’s resources.
c) A hot site is expensive because of the controls and patches required.
d) Computer equipment must be shipped quickly to the hot site for it to be effective.
d
The disaster recovery plan needs to be continuously maintained because:
a) The organization’s software versions are constantly changing.
b) The organization’s business processes are constantly changing.
c) The available software patches are constantly changing.
d) The organization’s data is constantly changing.
b
How is the organization’s DRP best kept up-to-date?
a) With regular audits to ensure that changes in business processes are known
b) By maintaining lists of current software versions, patches, and configurations
c) By maintaining personnel contact lists
d) By regularly testing the DRP
a
Multiple versions of a DRP available in the organization will:
a) Allow older pass-along versions of the plan to circulated to some personnel
b) Give involved personnel a choice of response procedures
c) Cause confusion during a disaster
d) Give critical personnel the best composite view of response procedures
c
BCP stands for:
a) Basic Continuity Planning
b) Basic Continuity Procedure
c) Business Continuity Procedure
d) Business Continuity Planning
d
“Remote journaling” refers to:
a) A mechanism that transmits transactions to an alternate processing site
b) A procedure for maintaining multiple copies of change control records
c) A procedure for maintaining multiple copies of configuration management records
d) A mechanism that ensures the survivability of written records
a
Backing up data by sending it through a communications line to a remote location
is known as:
a) Transaction journaling
b) Off-site storage
c) Electronic vaulting
d) Electronic journaling
c
Which of the following is NOT a method used to create an online redundant data
set?
a) Remote journaling
b) Off-site storage
c) Electronic vaulting
d) Database mirroring
b
One of the chief disadvantages of a Mutual Aid Agreement is:
a) There is no guarantee that the other organization will agree to help.
b) large disaster affecting both organizations renders the agreement worthless.
c) It’s the most expensive way to acquire a warm site.
d) The DRP isn’t tested until a disaster strikes.
b
A hot site is the most expensive because:
a) Travel costs can be high.
b) Duplicate staff salaries are high.
c) HVAC systems are expensive to operate.
d) It requires constant maintenance to keep systems in sync.
d
The types of DRP tests are:
a) Checklist, walkthrough, simulation, parallel, and full interruption
b) Checklist, simulation, parallel, and full interruption
c) Checklist, walkthrough, simulation, and full interruption
d) Walkthrough, simulation, and parallel
a
