Which of the following is an example of a preventive disaster recovery control?

Conducting a post-incident review

Installing surge protectors on critical equipment

Monitoring network traffic for anomalies

Which of the following is a key component of a business continuity plan (BCP)?

A list of critical business functions and their recovery priorities

Marketing campaign schedules for the year

Detailed instructions for restoring a database server

A list of employee salaries and benefits

A logistics company wants to detect a ransomware infection as early as possible before it spreads across the fleet management system. Which control should the company implement first?

Real-time monitoring and alerting on file integrity and unusual network traffic

Off-site backups of the fleet database

Annual disaster recovery plan review

Redundant servers in a secondary data center

A company is located in an area prone to earthquakes. The IT manager wants to implement controls to reduce the impact of an earthquake on the data center. Which control is most directly a preventive control for earthquake damage?

Maintain off-site backups in a different geographic region.

Install seismic sensors that trigger automatic shutdown of systems.

Purchase earthquake insurance for the facility.

Secure server racks and equipment to the floor and walls.

A company is developing a disaster recovery plan. The risk assessment identifies two major threats: a hurricane that could flood the data center and a ransomware attack that could encrypt servers. The company has a limited budget. Which approach best addresses both threats?

Purchase surge protectors and redundant power supplies

Implement off-site backups and a tested restoration procedure

Move the data center to a higher floor and install fire suppression

Implement a firewall and intrusion prevention system

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Explain the Importance of Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity Planning 100-160 Practice Questions (Page 7)

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31foundation · easy
Which of the following is an example of a preventive disaster recovery control?
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32foundation · easy
Which of the following is a key component of a business continuity plan (BCP)?
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33application · medium
A logistics company wants to detect a ransomware infection as early as possible before it spreads across the fleet management system. Which control should the company implement first?
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34application · medium
A company is located in an area prone to earthquakes. The IT manager wants to implement controls to reduce the impact of an earthquake on the data center. Which control is most directly a preventive control for earthquake damage?
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35expert · hard
A company is developing a disaster recovery plan. The risk assessment identifies two major threats: a hurricane that could flood the data center and a ransomware attack that could encrypt servers. The company has a limited budget. Which approach best addresses both threats?
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