CORES Incident Management & Business Continuity Planning 2

Question 1

During a major IT outage, the incident commander's PRIMARY role is to:

Accepted Answer

Coordinate response activities and maintain situational awareness

Answer

The incident commander coordinates the overall response effort and ensures all teams have current situational awareness rather than personally resolving technical issues.

Question 2

Which metric BEST measures the effectiveness of a Business Continuity Plan after activation?

Accepted Answer

Actual Recovery Time versus the target RTO

Answer

Comparing actual recovery time to the pre-defined Recovery Time Objective (RTO) directly measures whether the BCP achieved its operational goal.

Question 3

A 'warm site' in business continuity is characterized by:

Accepted Answer

Pre-configured infrastructure that requires some setup before use

Answer

A warm site has pre-installed hardware and connectivity but requires data restoration and some configuration before full operations can resume.

Question 4

The 'notification and escalation' phase of incident management primarily ensures that:

Accepted Answer

Appropriate decision-makers are engaged at the right time

Answer

Effective escalation protocols ensure that personnel with authority and resources needed to resolve the incident are engaged promptly.

Question 5

In BCP terminology, 'Maximum Tolerable Downtime' (MTD) represents:

Accepted Answer

The longest period a business process can be unavailable before causing unacceptable consequences

Answer

MTD defines the absolute outer boundary beyond which business survival, regulatory compliance, or critical obligations are jeopardized.

(CORES) Certified Operational Risk Executive Specialist Practice Test

(CORES) Certified Operational Risk Executive Specialist Practice Test

CORES Incident Management & Business Continuity Planning 2