After a successful disaster recovery exercise, the lessons learned indicate that the communication plan was ineffective because key stakeholders were not notified in a timely manner. What is the most appropriate action to incorporate this lesson into the plan?

Document the lesson in the after-action report but do not change the plan until the next annual review.

Conduct another exercise to see if the communication issue occurs again.

Remove the communication plan from the disaster recovery plan because it is ineffective.

Update the communication plan to include a more robust notification procedure, such as using multiple channels and assigning specific responsibilities.

What is the first step in the formal disaster declaration process?

Assess the incident against the predefined declaration criteria

Notify external stakeholders of the disaster

Activate the alternate processing site

Convene the after-action review team

Which action is part of the plan update and improvement process?

Deleting the plan to start fresh

Revising procedures based on after-action review findings

Keeping the plan unchanged to avoid confusion

Who is typically the designated authority to formally declare a disaster in an organization?

The first responder on the scene

The disaster recovery coordinator or incident commander

What is the primary role of the incident commander during disaster response?

To document all financial expenses for insurance

To provide overall leadership and make key decisions during the response

To communicate with external media only

To perform technical recovery tasks such as restoring servers

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Domain 5Objective 4

5.4 Manage Disaster Response and Recovery Process ISSMP Practice Questions (Page 3)

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

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11concepts

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11 Concepts in This Objective

Disaster declaration criteria
Disaster declaration process
Disaster communication plan
Activation of the business continuity plan
Incident command and coordination
Resource management during response
Restoration of critical functions
Transition to normal operations
Lessons learned collection
After-action review
Plan update and improvement

Questions 11–15

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After a successful disaster recovery exercise, the lessons learned indicate that the communication plan was ineffective because key stakeholders were not notified in a timely manner. What is the most appropriate action to incorporate this lesson into the plan?
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What is the first step in the formal disaster declaration process?
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Who is typically the designated authority to formally declare a disaster in an organization?
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What is the primary role of the incident commander during disaster response?
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