GRC Business Continuity and Resilience 3

Question 1

What document formally grants authority to activate the BCP and allocate emergency resources?

Accepted Answer

Crisis management charter or emergency authority delegation

Answer

A crisis management charter or emergency authority delegation document defines who can activate the BCP and commit organizational resources.

Question 2

Which BCP testing method involves actually switching operations to the alternate site to verify full functionality?

Accepted Answer

Full interruption test

Answer

A full interruption test shuts down the primary site and fully transfers operations to the DR site, providing the most realistic validation.

Question 3

An organization sets its RPO at zero for financial transaction data. What technology best supports this requirement?

Accepted Answer

Synchronous real-time replication

Answer

Synchronous replication writes data to both primary and secondary locations simultaneously, ensuring zero data loss (RPO = 0).

Question 4

Which element of a BIA quantifies the financial impact per hour of a critical process being unavailable?

Accepted Answer

Downtime cost analysis

Answer

Downtime cost analysis within a BIA calculates the monetary impact of unavailability per unit of time for each critical process.

Question 5

A BCP plan owner discovers the contact list has not been updated in 18 months. This violates which BCP principle?

Accepted Answer

Plan maintenance and currency

Answer

BCPs must be regularly maintained and updated to remain accurate, including personnel contact information and organizational changes.

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