Recovery Strategy & Planning Flashcards
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What does 'Work Recovery Time (WRT)' represent in a recovery planning context?
Answer: The time needed to return normal workload after systems are restored
WRT is the time required to process the backlog of work that accumulated during the outage once systems are back online, and RTO + WRT must not exceed MTD.
Which of the following is a key advantage of a cloud-based disaster recovery strategy over a traditional hot site?
Answer: Scales resources on demand and reduces fixed capital costs
Cloud DR (DRaaS) enables organizations to pay for capacity only when needed and scale resources elastically, avoiding the high fixed costs of maintaining a dedicated hot site.
A recovery strategy that routes incoming customer calls to an outsourced call center during a disaster is an example of which strategy type?
Answer: Third-party service provider arrangement
Contracting with an outsourced call center to handle customer contacts during a disruption is a third-party service provider strategy for maintaining customer-facing operations.
Which document formally authorizes the execution of disaster recovery procedures and the expenditure of recovery resources?
Answer: The Disaster Declaration
A formal disaster declaration by authorized management triggers the activation of recovery plans and authorizes spending recovery resources per the DR plan.
What is the primary goal of geographic dispersal as a business continuity strategy?
Answer: Reduce single points of failure by spreading operations across multiple locations
Geographic dispersal ensures that a localized event such as a flood or power failure cannot knock out all operations simultaneously by distributing functions across multiple sites.
When developing recovery strategies for supply chain disruptions, which approach involves identifying and qualifying multiple vendors for critical inputs?
Answer: Vendor diversification
Vendor diversification qualifies multiple suppliers for critical goods or services so that the failure or disruption of one vendor does not halt production or operations.
In DRI's framework, which phase immediately follows strategy selection and precedes plan implementation?
Answer: Plan development and documentation
After strategies are selected and approved, the next step is to document them in formal recovery plans before those plans can be implemented and tested.