Recovery Strategy & Planning Flashcards

Which of the following scenarios best illustrates the need to update a recovery strategy after it has been documented?

Answer: The organization moves its primary data center to a new building

Relocating the primary data center changes infrastructure, dependencies, and recovery logistics, making the existing recovery strategy outdated and requiring a formal update.

A healthcare organization must maintain patient record access within 30 minutes of any system failure. Which tier of the SHARE 7-tier storage availability model best supports this requirement?

Answer: Tier 7 — Highly automated business integrated solution

Tier 7 provides automated, highly available solutions with near-zero data loss and rapid failover, ideal for the strict 30-minute RTO and minimal RPO requirements of critical healthcare systems.

What is a key limitation of relying solely on tape backup as a recovery strategy for a business with a 4-hour RTO?

Answer: Tape restoration is slow and may take longer than the stated RTO

Restoring large volumes of data from tape is time-consuming, often taking hours or days, which may not satisfy a 4-hour RTO for critical systems.

Which of the following is the MOST important criterion when selecting an alternate processing site location?

Answer: Distance sufficient to avoid the same regional disaster risk

The alternate site must be far enough from the primary site that a single regional disaster cannot affect both locations simultaneously.

During a pandemic scenario, which recovery strategy element becomes most critical because physical relocation to an alternate site may not be possible?

Answer: Work-from-home and remote access capabilities

Pandemics restrict physical movement, making remote work and secure VPN/remote access the primary continuity strategy when employees cannot travel to an alternate site.

What must be verified about a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) or reciprocal agreement to ensure it remains viable as a recovery strategy?

Answer: That the partner organization still has sufficient spare capacity to host your operations

Organizations grow and change, so a reciprocal agreement partner may no longer have adequate spare capacity, making periodic revalidation essential to ensure the strategy is still workable.

Which element of a recovery strategy plan specifically addresses how operations will be transitioned BACK to the primary site after a disaster?

Answer: Reconstitution or restoration plan

A reconstitution or restoration plan outlines the steps, sequencing, and criteria for returning operations from the alternate site back to the restored primary site.