Disaster Recovery Planning Process EDRP Practice Questions (Page 6)

Questions 26–30

1. 26application · medium

   A university's IT department is performing a risk assessment for its student records system. The assessment identifies a high likelihood of a regional power outage and a high impact on the system, which is hosted in a single on-campus data center. The university has a backup generator but no off-site recovery capability. Which risk mitigation should be prioritized?

   • AIncrease the RTO for the student records system
   • BDocument the risk in the DR plan and accept it
   • CTest the backup generator monthly
   • DEstablish an off-site recovery site or cloud-based failover
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2. 27application · medium

   A retail company has a DR plan that includes a call tree for notifying key personnel. During a recent tabletop exercise, the exercise controller discovered that several phone numbers in the call tree are outdated, and the primary DR coordinator was unreachable. What is the most appropriate follow-up action?

   • ARevise the DR plan to remove the call tree and rely on email notifications.
   • BRe-run the BIA to determine if the DR coordinator role is still needed.
   • CUpdate the call tree with current contact information and designate a backup DR coordinator.
   • DConduct a full-scale exercise to test the updated call tree.
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4. 28foundation · easy

   Which of the following is an example of a recovery strategy for technology?

   • ACross-training staff to perform critical roles
   • BDeveloping a communication plan for stakeholders
   • CEstablishing a hot site with replicated systems
   • DArranging for temporary office space for employees
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5. 29application · medium

   A DR plan for a logistics company has not been tested in three years. The plan includes a detailed recovery procedure for the warehouse management system, but the IT team has since migrated the system to a new cloud provider. What should the DR manager do first?

   • AConduct a full-scale exercise immediately to test the existing plan
   • BSchedule a full-scale exercise for next year
   • CUpdate the DR plan to reflect the new cloud environment, then conduct a tabletop exercise
   • DArchive the old plan and write a new one from scratch
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6. 30foundation · easy

   During a Business Impact Analysis, which factor is most directly used to determine the recovery priority of a business function?

   • AThe age of the technology supporting the function
   • BThe cost of the software licenses used by the function
   • CThe financial and operational impact of the function's disruption over time
   • DThe number of employees who use the function daily
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