CRP Technology Recovery Procedures 3 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: In a technology recovery scenario, what is the function of a 'runbook'?
- A financial impact analysis tool
- A documented set of step-by-step procedures for operating and recovering IT systems (Correct answer)
- A vendor escalation contact list
- A log of system performance metrics
Correct answer: A documented set of step-by-step procedures for operating and recovering IT systems
A runbook provides detailed, sequential technical procedures that staff follow to recover specific systems during an incident.
Question 2: Which cloud deployment model provides the greatest flexibility for technology recovery by allowing workloads to shift between private and public environments?
- Public cloud only
- Private cloud only
- Hybrid cloud (Correct answer)
- Community cloud
Correct answer: Hybrid cloud
Hybrid cloud environments allow organizations to burst workloads to public cloud during a disaster while maintaining private cloud operations normally.
Question 3: During a tabletop exercise for technology recovery, what is the PRIMARY goal?
- To test actual system failover in production
- To identify gaps in recovery plans through discussion-based scenario walkthrough (Correct answer)
- To measure RTO against actual recovery time
- To validate backup integrity
Correct answer: To identify gaps in recovery plans through discussion-based scenario walkthrough
Tabletop exercises use discussion-based scenarios to identify plan gaps and decision-making issues without disrupting production systems.
Question 4: An organization stores encryption keys for backup data in the same location as the backup media. What critical risk does this create?
- Increased RTO due to key lookup delays
- Inability to decrypt backups if the disaster destroys both the media and the keys (Correct answer)
- Non-compliance with RPO targets
- Vendor dependency for key management
Correct answer: Inability to decrypt backups if the disaster destroys both the media and the keys
Storing encryption keys co-located with backup media means a single disaster can destroy both, rendering backups permanently inaccessible.
Question 5: Which term describes the point in a technology recovery process where normal IT operations have been fully restored and the disaster recovery phase is officially concluded?
- Failover completion
- Return to normal operations (reconstitution) (Correct answer)
- System validation checkpoint
- RTO achievement
Correct answer: Return to normal operations (reconstitution)
Reconstitution is the phase where the organization transitions from recovery mode back to normal operations at the primary or rebuilt site.
Question 6: A Certified Resilience Professional reviewing a TRP notices it has not been updated in 18 months despite significant infrastructure changes. What should be the FIRST corrective action?
- Conduct a full disaster recovery test immediately
- Perform a gap analysis comparing the current TRP against actual infrastructure (Correct answer)
- Notify regulators of the compliance gap
- Replace the document with a new one from scratch
Correct answer: Perform a gap analysis comparing the current TRP against actual infrastructure
A gap analysis identifies specific discrepancies between the outdated plan and current infrastructure before making targeted updates.
Question 7: What is the key advantage of Continuous Data Protection (CDP) over traditional scheduled backup approaches?
- Lower storage costs
- Near-zero RPO by capturing every data change in real time (Correct answer)
- Faster recovery time
- Simpler management overhead
Correct answer: Near-zero RPO by capturing every data change in real time
CDP captures every write transaction in real time, allowing recovery to any point in time and minimizing data loss to near zero.
CRP Technology Recovery Procedures 3
In a technology recovery scenario, what is the function of a 'runbook'?