Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery CCT Practice Questions (Page 9)

Questions 41–45

1. 41foundation · easy

   How does disaster recovery planning (DRP) differ from business continuity planning (BCP)?

   • ABCP is reactive, while DRP is proactive
   • BDRP deals with natural disasters, while BCP deals with cyber incidents
   • CBCP is a subset of DRP that focuses on restoring business processes
   • DDRP is a subset of BCP that focuses on restoring IT systems and data after a disruption
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2. 42application · medium

   A city's public transportation authority relies on a centralized ticketing system. The authority's risk assessment identifies a cyberattack on the ticketing system as a high-impact threat. The business impact analysis (BIA) shows that a 24-hour outage would cause significant revenue loss and public inconvenience. The authority is developing a business continuity plan (BCP). Which of the following is the primary purpose of the BCP in this context?

   • ATo ensure the ticketing system can be restored within a defined time frame, minimizing the impact on revenue and the public.
   • BTo provide a detailed technical guide for IT staff to rebuild the ticketing system.
   • CTo identify all possible cyber threats and their likelihood of occurrence.
   • DTo replace the ticketing system with a more secure alternative.
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4. 43expert · hard

   A government agency has a disaster recovery plan that has not been tested in three years. The plan includes a detailed recovery procedure for its mainframe system. The agency recently upgraded the mainframe's operating system and changed the tape backup software. The DR team is planning a test. Which type of test is most appropriate to validate the plan after these changes?

   • AA tabletop exercise where the team walks through the plan without actually performing the recovery.
   • BA full-scale test that includes restoring the mainframe from backups and validating the applications.
   • CA checklist review to ensure all documentation is up to date.
   • DA simulation test that only tests the communication and notification procedures.
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5. 44foundation · easy

   Which activity is part of maintaining a BCP/DRP plan?

   • AReviewing and updating the plan after organizational changes
   • BKeeping the plan confidential from all employees
   • CDeleting the plan after a successful test
   • DOnly testing the plan once
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6. 45foundation · easy

   Which strategy involves maintaining a duplicate set of critical IT infrastructure at a secondary location?

   • AFailover
   • BRedundancy
   • COff-site backups
   • DCold site
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