CRP Technology Recovery Procedures 2 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: Which metric defines the maximum tolerable amount of data loss measured in time during a technology recovery scenario?
- Recovery Time Objective (RTO)
- Recovery Point Objective (RPO) (Correct answer)
- Maximum Tolerable Downtime (MTD)
- Work Recovery Time (WRT)
Correct answer: Recovery Point Objective (RPO)
RPO defines the maximum age of data that must be recovered from backup storage for normal operations to resume after a disaster.
Question 2: During a technology recovery exercise, a team discovers their backup tapes cannot be read. What process failure does this most likely indicate?
- Inadequate RPO planning
- Failure to test backup restoration procedures (Correct answer)
- Insufficient RTO targets
- Poor change management controls
Correct answer: Failure to test backup restoration procedures
Unreadable backup tapes typically reveal that restoration procedures were never tested, a critical gap in backup verification.
Question 3: A hot site differs from a warm site primarily because a hot site:
- Has power and HVAC only
- Has pre-installed and configured systems ready for immediate use (Correct answer)
- Requires 24-72 hours to become operational
- Is owned by the organization rather than a third party
Correct answer: Has pre-installed and configured systems ready for immediate use
A hot site has fully configured hardware and software with current data, enabling near-immediate failover with minimal activation time.
Question 4: What is the primary purpose of a Technology Recovery Plan (TRP) in contrast to a broader Business Continuity Plan (BCP)?
- To address financial impacts of an outage
- To provide step-by-step technical instructions for restoring IT systems and infrastructure (Correct answer)
- To document communication protocols for executives
- To identify regulatory compliance requirements
Correct answer: To provide step-by-step technical instructions for restoring IT systems and infrastructure
A TRP focuses specifically on the technical steps to restore IT systems, whereas a BCP addresses broader business operational continuity.
Question 5: Which storage replication method transmits data to a remote site only after the primary system acknowledges the write, risking data loss if the link fails?
- Synchronous replication
- Asynchronous replication (Correct answer)
- Continuous data protection (CDP)
- Snapshot-based replication
Correct answer: Asynchronous replication
Asynchronous replication acknowledges writes at the primary before transmitting to the secondary, creating a potential data loss window if the link fails.
Question 6: During technology recovery, which document should be consulted first to determine the sequence in which systems must be brought back online?
- Asset inventory register
- System dependency map (Correct answer)
- Vendor service agreements
- Network topology diagram
Correct answer: System dependency map
A system dependency map shows interdependencies between applications and infrastructure, guiding the correct restoration sequence.
Question 7: A company's critical database server fails. The team restores from last night's backup (18 hours old). Which concept describes the 18-hour gap in recoverable data?
- RTO breach
- RPO breach (Correct answer)
- MTD exceedance
- MTTR variance
Correct answer: RPO breach
The 18-hour gap between the backup and the failure represents the actual data loss, which may exceed the organization's defined RPO.
CRP Technology Recovery Procedures 2
Which metric defines the maximum tolerable amount of data loss measured in time during a technology recovery scenario?