Which of the following is an example of a resiliency metric?

Number of employees in the organization

What is a key element of managing a structured process for updating contingency plans?

Deleting old versions of the plan to avoid confusion

Allowing any employee to make changes without review

Version control to track changes and maintain a history of revisions

Keeping the plan confidential from all stakeholders

After a simulation test of the BCP, the evaluation team finds that the recovery time for the customer database exceeded the RTO by 45 minutes. The root cause is that the database restoration procedure requires a manual step that was not documented. What should the team do first?

Replace the database team with a new vendor

Update the DRP to include the manual step and retest

Ignore the finding since the test was only a simulation

Increase the RTO to accommodate the delay

A hospital is assessing the survivability of its patient records system. The system relies on a local database, a backup generator, and a network link to the main campus. Which component is most critical to assess for survivability?

The backup generator's fuel supply

The local database's data integrity and availability

The backup generator's maintenance schedule

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Domain 5Objective 3

5.3 Maintain Contingency Plan, Resiliency Plan (e.g., Continuity of Operations Plan (COOP)), Business Continuity Plan (BCP) and Disaster Recovery Plan (DRP) ISSMP Practice Questions (Page 6)

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 40 practice questions to prepare you well beyond it. (estimate)

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10concepts

12%of the exam

10 Concepts in This Objective

Contingency plan testing types
Test plan development
Test execution and evaluation
Plan modification based on test results
Survivability assessment
Resiliency capability determination
Resiliency metrics and thresholds
Plan update process management
Change management integration
Continuous improvement of plans

Questions 26–30

26foundation · easy
Which of the following is an example of a resiliency metric?
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27foundation · easy
What is a key element of managing a structured process for updating contingency plans?
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28application · medium
After a simulation test of the BCP, the evaluation team finds that the recovery time for the customer database exceeded the RTO by 45 minutes. The root cause is that the database restoration procedure requires a manual step that was not documented. What should the team do first?
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29foundation · easy
Which type of contingency plan test involves a walkthrough of the plan in a meeting format, with participants discussing their roles and responsibilities without actually executing the plan?
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30application · medium
A hospital is assessing the survivability of its patient records system. The system relies on a local database, a backup generator, and a network link to the main campus. Which component is most critical to assess for survivability?
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