When analyzing recovery alternatives, which of the following factors should be considered to support decision-making?

The number of employees in the organization

Feasibility, cost, and effectiveness

The color scheme of the alternate facility

The company's marketing strategy

A company is updating its recovery plan. The plan must clearly define the responsibilities of the recovery team leader, the IT recovery team, and the communications lead. Which of the following actions are essential to ensure effective execution? (Select all that apply.)

Conduct regular training and exercises for all roles

Assign backup personnel for each critical role

Keep the plan confidential to avoid confusion

Document each role's responsibilities in the plan

Review and update responsibilities annually

A hospital's electronic health record (EHR) system must be available 24/7 with no more than 5 minutes of downtime and no data loss. The hospital has a secondary data center with adequate capacity. Which recovery strategy should be recommended to the board?

Active-active clustering across both data centers

Pilot light with data replication every 15 minutes

Backup to tape and off-site storage

Warm standby with asynchronous replication

A manufacturing company is evaluating recovery strategies for its ERP system. The system can tolerate up to 4 hours of downtime and up to 1 hour of data loss. The company has a limited budget and wants to minimize ongoing costs. Which strategy best meets the requirements?

A warm site with hourly log shipping

A mobile recovery site with weekly backups

A hot site with synchronous replication

What should be included in the documentation of recovery responsibilities?

Specific tasks, decision authority, and communication channels for each role

The organization's marketing strategy

The list of all hardware vendors

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Domain 5Objective 2

5.2 Develop Recovery Strategies ISSMP Practice Questions (Page 2)

Part of the Contingency Management domain, which accounts for 12% of the ISSMP exam. ISC2 does not publish an official question count, but from its 180-minute exam (~70–120 total, ~8–14 in this domain), expect 2–4 from this objective — we provide 29 practice questions to prepare you well beyond it. (estimate)

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When analyzing recovery alternatives, which of the following factors should be considered to support decision-making?
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7expert · hard · select all that apply
A company is updating its recovery plan. The plan must clearly define the responsibilities of the recovery team leader, the IT recovery team, and the communications lead. Which of the following actions are essential to ensure effective execution? (Select all that apply.)
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A hospital's electronic health record (EHR) system must be available 24/7 with no more than 5 minutes of downtime and no data loss. The hospital has a secondary data center with adequate capacity. Which recovery strategy should be recommended to the board?
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A manufacturing company is evaluating recovery strategies for its ERP system. The system can tolerate up to 4 hours of downtime and up to 1 hour of data loss. The company has a limited budget and wants to minimize ongoing costs. Which strategy best meets the requirements?
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