DRI Business Continuity Planning 3

Question 1

Which DRII Professional Practice addresses the process of identifying exposures that could lead to a business interruption?

Accepted Answer

Risk Evaluation and Control

Answer

DRII Professional Practice 2, Risk Evaluation and Control, covers identifying, assessing, and managing risks that could cause business interruptions.

Question 2

A company decides to split operations between two active data centers so each can absorb the other's load if one fails. This strategy is called:

Accepted Answer

Active-active configuration

Answer

An active-active configuration means both sites run production workloads simultaneously and can absorb each other's traffic if one fails, with near-zero downtime.

Question 3

In the context of supply chain continuity, what is 'supplier diversification'?

Accepted Answer

Sourcing the same material from multiple independent vendors to reduce dependency risk

Answer

Supplier diversification reduces single-vendor dependency by qualifying multiple independent sources for critical materials or services.

Question 4

Which metric answers the question: 'At what point in time must systems be restored to avoid unacceptable data loss?'

Accepted Answer

Recovery Point Objective (RPO)

Answer

RPO defines the maximum age of data that must be recovered from backup storage for normal operations to resume, essentially dictating backup frequency.

Question 5

When should a Business Continuity Plan be reviewed and updated?

Accepted Answer

Periodically and after significant organizational changes, tests, or incidents

Answer

BCP maintenance must be ongoing — triggered by scheduled reviews, organizational changes, exercise results, and post-incident lessons learned.

(DRI) Disaster Recovery Institute International Certification Practice Test

(DRI) Disaster Recovery Institute International Certification Practice Test

DRI Business Continuity Planning 3