Support Continuity of Operations CSSLP Practice Questions (Page 6)

Questions 26–30

1. 26expert · hard

   A company needs to recover a large database with an RPO of 30 minutes and an RTO of 2 hours. The database is 2 TB and changes heavily. They currently perform a full backup every Sunday and differential backups every night. They also take transaction log backups every 30 minutes. During a disaster, they estimate that restoring the full backup and applying the differential and logs will take 3 hours. Which change would most effectively reduce the RTO to 2 hours?

   • APerform a full backup every night instead of weekly.
   • BTake transaction log backups every 15 minutes instead of 30.
   • CSwitch to a differential backup every 6 hours and keep the weekly full.
   • DUse a log shipping solution that continuously applies logs to a standby server.
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2. 27foundation · easy

   Which backup type provides the fastest recovery time but requires the most storage space among the listed options?

   • AIncremental backup
   • BContinuous data protection
   • CFull backup
   • DDifferential backup
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4. 28expert · hard

   A company has a business continuity plan (BCP) that was validated through a tabletop exercise six months ago. Since then, they have migrated their email system to a new cloud provider and changed their crisis management team. What is the most appropriate action to maintain the BCP's effectiveness?

   • AConduct a full-scale exercise immediately to test the new email system and crisis team.
   • BUpdate the BCP to reflect the new email provider and crisis team, and conduct a tabletop exercise to validate the changes.
   • CDistribute the updated contact list to the crisis team but do not change the rest of the BCP.
   • DWait until the next scheduled annual review to update the BCP.
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5. 29foundation · easy

   What is the purpose of operational redundancy in a system?

   • ATo reduce the need for security controls
   • BTo increase the system's processing speed
   • CTo simplify system administration
   • DTo ensure availability and fault tolerance
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6. 30application · medium

   A company has a disaster recovery plan that was written two years ago. Since then, they have migrated several applications to a new cloud provider and changed their backup vendor. During a recent tabletop exercise, the DR team discovered that the plan references outdated systems and contacts. What is the most important action to take?

   • AArchive the old plan and write a new one from scratch.
   • BNotify the DR team of the changes and continue using the existing plan.
   • CConduct a full-scale test immediately to see if the plan still works.
   • DUpdate the DR plan to reflect the current environment and personnel, and schedule regular testing.
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