2.2 - Understand Disaster Recovery (DR) CC Practice Questions (Page 1)

Questions 1–5

1. 1application · medium

   A hospital's electronic health record (EHR) system is down after a ransomware attack. The DR team is considering whether to restore from backups or pay the ransom. Which consideration should be PRIMARY in this decision?

   • APaying the ransom is faster and guarantees data recovery
   • BThe hospital should always pay the ransom to protect patient safety
   • CThe decision should be based solely on the cost of the ransom
   • DRestoring from backups may take several hours, but it avoids encouraging future attacks
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2. 2application · medium

   A manufacturing company's DR plan includes a backup site, data backups, and recovery procedures. During a test, the IT team discovers that employees do not know who to contact or what their roles are during activation. Which missing component is most likely causing this problem?

   • AData classification policy
   • BCommunication plan
   • COffsite storage
   • DRedundant hardware
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4. 3application · medium

   A financial services firm must demonstrate to regulators that it can recover its trading platform within 2 hours of a disruption. The firm has a DR plan but has never tested it. What is the most important reason to conduct regular DR tests?

   • ATo reduce the cost of the backup infrastructure
   • BTo ensure that all employees are trained on security awareness
   • CTo verify that the plan actually meets the recovery time objective
   • DTo eliminate the need for a backup site
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5. 4application · medium

   An e-commerce company experiences a fire in its primary data center. The DR plan calls for activating a hot standby site. Which activity should occur FIRST to minimize downtime?

   • AActivate the standby site and redirect traffic to it
   • BRestore the latest full backup to new servers
   • CNotify customers of the outage and estimated restoration time
   • DConduct a root cause analysis of the fire
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6. 5foundation · easy

   A healthcare organization must maintain patient data availability to comply with regulations. Which statement best explains why disaster recovery is important in this context?

   • AIt helps the organization meet compliance requirements by ensuring data can be restored after an outage
   • BIt guarantees that patient data will never be accessed by unauthorized users
   • CIt ensures that all patient data is stored in the cloud
   • DIt allows the organization to ignore data backup regulations
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