CRM Vital Records & Disaster Recovery Flashcards
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What is a 'Recovery Time Objective' (RTO) in business continuity planning?
Answer: The maximum acceptable time to restore a business function after a disruption
RTO defines the maximum tolerable downtime before a business function must be restored, guiding recovery planning and resource allocation.
What is a 'Recovery Point Objective' (RPO) in disaster recovery planning?
Answer: The maximum age of the most recent backup from which data can be recovered after a disaster
RPO defines the maximum acceptable data loss measured in time, determining how frequently backups must be made to meet recovery requirements.
What is the difference between a 'hot site' and a 'cold site' in disaster recovery?
Answer: A hot site is fully equipped and immediately operational; a cold site provides only basic infrastructure requiring significant setup time
A hot site is fully configured and ready for immediate use, while a cold site provides only physical space and basic utilities requiring significant setup before operations can resume.
What is 'records reconstruction' in the context of disaster recovery?
Answer: The process of recreating records lost in a disaster using secondary sources such as copies, backups, or related documents
Records reconstruction involves recreating lost or damaged records using alternate sources—backups, partner records, or related documents—when originals cannot be recovered.
What is the role of a records manager in an organization's disaster recovery plan?
Answer: To identify vital records, oversee their protection, and coordinate records recovery following a disaster
Records managers identify vital records, ensure protection strategies are in place, and lead records recovery efforts as part of the broader disaster recovery plan.
Which protection method provides the highest level of safeguard for vital records against physical disaster?
Answer: Maintaining duplicate copies at a geographically remote off-site location
Geographically remote off-site duplication protects vital records from site-specific disasters—fires, floods, earthquakes—that could destroy on-site storage entirely.