CISSP Business Continuity 2

Question 1

Which metric defines the maximum tolerable period that a business process can be offline before causing unacceptable consequences?

Accepted Answer

Maximum Tolerable Downtime (MTD)

Answer

MTD (also called Maximum Tolerable Outage) is the longest a process can be unavailable before the organization suffers irreversible harm.

Question 2

A BCP team identifies that losing two hours of financial transaction data is acceptable. Which metric does this represent?

Accepted Answer

RPO

Answer

Recovery Point Objective (RPO) defines the maximum acceptable amount of data loss measured in time.

Question 3

Which BCP document lists the specific steps staff must follow to restore a critical system after a disaster?

Accepted Answer

Disaster Recovery Plan

Answer

The Disaster Recovery Plan (DRP) contains detailed procedural steps for restoring IT systems and infrastructure.

Question 4

During a BIA, which factor is used to rank the criticality of business functions?

Accepted Answer

Financial and operational impact of disruption over time

Answer

The BIA ranks functions by the financial, operational, and reputational impact that results from their disruption.

Question 5

An organization's alternate processing site has identical hardware and software in a fully operational state, synchronized in real time. What type of site is this?

Accepted Answer

Hot site

Answer

A hot site is a fully operational duplicate facility that can take over processing with minimal or no delay.

CISSP - Certified Information Systems Security Professional Practice Test

CISSP - Certified Information Systems Security Professional Practice Test

CISSP Business Continuity 2