Disaster Recovery Planning Process EDRP Practice Questions (Page 8)

Questions 36–39

1. 36foundation · easy

   What does the Recovery Time Objective (RTO) define?

   • AThe minimum amount of time required to test the DR plan
   • BThe maximum acceptable downtime before a system must be restored
   • CThe maximum acceptable amount of data loss measured in time
   • DThe total cost of recovering a system after a disaster
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2. 37foundation · easy

   Which of the following is an example of a vulnerability that a risk assessment might identify?

   • AThe potential for a ransomware attack to encrypt data
   • BA hurricane that could strike the coastal data center
   • CA lack of redundant power supplies for critical servers
   • DThe financial loss expected from a system outage
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4. 38application · medium

   A hospital's BIA identifies the patient admission system as critical with an RTO of 1 hour and an RPO of 10 minutes. The hospital has a secondary site that can be activated in 2 hours and a backup system that captures data every 30 minutes. The hospital is considering a new cloud-based recovery solution that can be activated in 30 minutes with 5-minute data replication. What should the hospital do?

   • AAdopt the cloud-based solution because it meets both RTO and RPO
   • BUse the current solution but improve the backup frequency to 10 minutes
   • CIncrease the RTO to 2 hours to match the current solution
   • DKeep the current solution because it is cheaper
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5. 39application · medium

   A government agency is updating its DR plan. The plan currently includes a section on recovery procedures for the mainframe system, but the agency has recently migrated to a distributed server environment. The DR coordinator is revising the plan. What is the most important aspect to update in the DR plan documentation?

   • AThe RTO and RPO values for the systems.
   • BThe testing schedule for the DR plan.
   • CThe contact list for the DR team.
   • DThe recovery procedures section to reflect the new server environment.
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