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Quiz 8

Question 1 of 25

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The primary reason for classifying disasters as natural or man-made is:

Select one of the following:

  • To correctly determine their probable impact

  • To correctly determine their probability of occurrence

  • To classify different types of events to better understand them

  • To determine which contingency plans need to be carried out

Explanation

Question 2 of 25

1

For the purpose of business continuity and disaster recovery planning, the definition of a “disaster” is:

Select one of the following:

  • Any event that impairs the ability for an organization to continue operating

  • Any natural event that impairs the ability for an organization to continue operating

  • Any man-made event that impairs the ability for an organization to continue operating

  • Any event that impairs the ability for an organization’s IT systems to continue operating

Explanation

Question 3 of 25

1

The primary impact of a pandemic on an organization is:

Select one of the following:

  • Significant disruptions of public utilities

  • Significant disruptions of transportation systems

  • Large numbers of casualties that reduce the demand for services

  • Long periods of employee absenteeism that impact the organization’s ability to provide services

Explanation

Question 4 of 25

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The activity that is concerned with the continuation of business operations is:

Select one of the following:

  • Emergency Response Procedures

  • Disaster Recovery Planning

  • Business Continuity Planning

  • Business Impact Analysis

Explanation

Question 5 of 25

1

The main reason that a DRP project should have executive support and approval is:

Select one of the following:

  • A DRP project is very expensive

  • A DRP project requires significant adjustments in the allocation of resources

  • A DRP project requires the redesign of all in-scope IT systems

  • A DRP project requires the redesign of all in-scope business processes

Explanation

Question 6 of 25

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An organization is about to start its first disaster recovery planning project. The project manager is responsible for choosing project team members. Which staff members should be chosen for this project?

Select one of the following:

  • The project should use outsourced technical experts

  • The least experienced team members

  • The most experienced team members

  • The project should use outsourced disaster recovery planning experts

Explanation

Question 7 of 25

1

At the beginning of a disaster recovery planning project, the project team will be compiling a list of all of the organization’s most important business processes. This phase of the project is known as:

Select one of the following:

  • Business Impact Analysis

  • Risk Analysis

  • Business Process Analysis

  • Determination of maximum tolerable downtime (MTD)

Explanation

Question 8 of 25

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In what sequence should a disaster recovery planning project be performed?

Select one of the following:

  • Business Impact Analysis, Maximum Tolerable Downtime, Recovery Point Objective, Recovery Time Objective, training, testing

  • Survey business processes, threat and risk analysis, develop recovery targets, criticality analysis

  • Project plan, risk assessment, statements of impact, criticality analysis, recovery targets, test recovery plans

  • Project plan, Business Impact Analysis, develop recovery plans, train personnel, test recovery plans

Explanation

Question 9 of 25

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Benefits from disaster recovery and business continuity planning include all of the following EXCEPT:

Select one of the following:

  • Improved system resilience

  • Process improvements

  • Improved market advantage

  • Improved performance

Explanation

Question 10 of 25

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The types of BCP and DRP tests are:

Select one of the following:

  • Document review, walkthrough, parallel test, cutover test

  • Document review, walkthrough, simulation, parallel test, cutover test

  • Document review, walkthrough, sanity test, parallel test, cutover test

  • Walkthrough, simulation, parallel test, cutover test, live test

Explanation

Question 11 of 25

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The purpose of a cutover test is:

Select one of the following:

  • To determine the ability to perform live business transactions on production systems instead of on backup systems

  • To determine the ability for a recovery test to be interrupted

  • To determine the ability to perform live business transactions on production systems and backup systems at the same time

  • To determine the ability for the last minute substitution of a recovery team

Explanation

Question 12 of 25

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The purpose of a parallel test is:

Select one of the following:

  • To determine the ability to perform live business transactions on production systems instead of on backup systems

  • To determine the ability for a recovery test to be interrupted

  • To determine the ability to perform live business transactions on production systems and backup systems at the same time

  • To determine the ability for the last minute substitution of a recovery team

Explanation

Question 13 of 25

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The greatest risk related to a cutover test is:

Select one of the following:

  • If backup servers do not function correctly, the test will fail

  • A cutover test tests only the live load and not the switchover

  • A cutover test tests only the switchover and not the live load

  • If backup servers do not function correctly, critical business processes may fail

Explanation

Question 14 of 25

1

A project team has just completed building the organization’s business continuity plan. Which of the following tests should be performed first?

Select one of the following:

  • Walkthrough

  • Simulation

  • Parallel test

  • Cutover test

Explanation

Question 15 of 25

1

An organization that is building a disaster recovery capability needs to re-engineer its application servers to meet new recovery requirements of 4 hour RPO and 24 hour RTO. Which of the following approaches will best meet this objective?

Select one of the following:

  • Active/Passive server cluster with replication

  • Tape backup and restore to a hot site

  • Tape backup and restore to a cold site

  • Server cluster with shared storage

Explanation

Question 16 of 25

1

The purpose of a server cluster includes all of the following EXCEPT:

Select one of the following:

  • Improve an application’s availability

  • Increase an application’s capacity

  • Increase an application’s data storage

  • Provide fault tolerance

Explanation

Question 17 of 25

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The purpose of off-site media storage is:

Select one of the following:

  • To protect media from damage in the event of a disaster

  • To protect media from theft

  • To provide additional storage not available on-site

  • To meet regulatory requirements for media protection

Explanation

Question 18 of 25

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An organization that is performing a disaster recovery planning project has determined that it needs to have on-site electric power available for as long as ten days, in the event of an electric utility failure. The best approach for this requirement is:

Select one of the following:

  • Uninterruptible power supply (UPS) and power distribution unit (PDU)

  • Electric generator

  • Uninterruptible power supply (UPS)

  • Uninterruptible power supply (UPS) and electric generator

Explanation

Question 19 of 25

1

The first priority for disaster response should be:

Select one of the following:

  • Backup media

  • Paper records

  • Personnel safety

  • Remote access

Explanation

Question 20 of 25

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Which of the following would NOT be on a list of parties to notify in the event of a disaster-related emergency:

Select one of the following:

  • Civil authorities

  • Utilities

  • Shareholders

  • Customers

Explanation

Question 21 of 25

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Why is disaster recovery-related training a vital component in a DRP project?

Select one of the following:

  • The plan will be able to be certified

  • Recovery is performed by outside organizations

  • The personnel who are most familiar with systems may be unavailable during a disaster

  • Personnel may be unfamiliar with recovery procedures

Explanation

Question 22 of 25

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Why is it important to understand the cost of downtime of critical business processes?

Select one of the following:

  • Management will be able to make decisions about the cost of mitigating controls and contingency plans

  • Management will be able to determine which processes are the most critical

  • Management will be able to establish a training budget

  • Management will be able to compare recovery costs with those in similar organizations

Explanation

Question 23 of 25

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The definition of Recovery Point Objective (RPO) is:

Select one of the following:

  • The location of the recovery site

  • The maximum amount of downtime

  • The method used to recover backup data

  • The maximum amount of data loss

Explanation

Question 24 of 25

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The definition of Recovery Time Objective (RTO) is:

Select one of the following:

  • The location of the recovery site

  • The maximum amount of downtime

  • The method used to recover backup data

  • The maximum amount of data loss

Explanation

Question 25 of 25

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A DRP project team has determined that the RTO for a specific application shall be set to 180 minutes. Which option for a recovery system will best meet the application’s recovery needs?

Select one of the following:

  • Hot standby systems and tape recovery

  • Server clustering and data replication

  • Warm standby systems and tape recovery

  • Cold site and tape recovery

Explanation

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