A company is choosing between a hot site and a warm site for its critical order processing system. The system has an RTO of 2 hours and an RPO of 30 minutes. The hot site costs twice as much as the warm site. Which of the following is the MOST important factor in the decision?

The warm site's ability to handle the full production load

The hot site's location relative to the primary site

Whether the warm site can meet the RTO and RPO with its data replication and system configuration

The hot site's cost is justified because it is always available

During a regional power outage, a company's crisis management team activates the BCP. The IT team successfully restores systems at the alternate site, but employees are unsure of their roles and the communication plan is not executed. Which of the following is the MOST likely cause?

The BCP lacked clear role definitions and a tested communication plan

The alternate site was not equipped with necessary hardware

What is the first step in the process of restoring data from backups?

Shut down the production system

Identify the appropriate backup set to restore

Format the target storage device

An organization determines that it can tolerate losing up to 2 hours of transaction data in the event of a system failure. Which metric does this represent?

Maximum Tolerable Downtime (MTD)

Certified Information Systems Auditor

Domain 4Objective 2

Business Resilience and Continuity CISA Practice Questions (Page 1)

Part of the Information Systems Operations and Business Resilience domain, which accounts for 26% of the CISA exam.

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1foundation · easy
Which of the following is a key component of a Business Continuity Plan (BCP)?
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2expert · hard
A company is choosing between a hot site and a warm site for its critical order processing system. The system has an RTO of 2 hours and an RPO of 30 minutes. The hot site costs twice as much as the warm site. Which of the following is the MOST important factor in the decision?
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3application · medium
During a regional power outage, a company's crisis management team activates the BCP. The IT team successfully restores systems at the alternate site, but employees are unsure of their roles and the communication plan is not executed. Which of the following is the MOST likely cause?
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4foundation · easy
What is the first step in the process of restoring data from backups?
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5foundation · easy
An organization determines that it can tolerate losing up to 2 hours of transaction data in the event of a system failure. Which metric does this represent?
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