ISC2 CC Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery 1 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: What is the primary purpose of a Business Continuity Plan (BCP)?
- To restore IT systems after a disaster
- To ensure critical business functions continue during disruptions (Correct answer)
- To document all organizational processes
- To comply with regulatory requirements
Correct answer: To ensure critical business functions continue during disruptions
A BCP ensures that critical business operations can continue during and after a disruptive event.
Question 2: What does RTO stand for in disaster recovery?
- Recovery Time Objective (Correct answer)
- Restore Tolerance Outcome
- Redundancy Time Operation
- Response Time Order
Correct answer: Recovery Time Objective
RTO (Recovery Time Objective) is the maximum acceptable time to restore a system or process after a disruption.
Question 3: What is the Recovery Point Objective (RPO)?
- The time needed to restore systems
- The maximum acceptable data loss measured in time (Correct answer)
- The cost of recovery operations
- The priority of systems for recovery
Correct answer: The maximum acceptable data loss measured in time
RPO defines the maximum acceptable amount of data loss measured in time — how far back in time you can afford to lose data.
Question 4: Which type of backup copies only data that has changed since the last backup of any type?
- Full backup
- Differential backup
- Incremental backup (Correct answer)
- Mirror backup
Correct answer: Incremental backup
An incremental backup copies only the data that has changed since the last backup of any type, whether full or incremental.
Question 5: What is a hot site in disaster recovery?
- A backup location with no equipment
- A fully operational duplicate facility ready for immediate use (Correct answer)
- A location with minimal equipment that takes days to activate
- A cloud-based backup service
Correct answer: A fully operational duplicate facility ready for immediate use
A hot site is a fully equipped and operational backup facility that can take over operations almost immediately after a disaster.
Question 6: What is the purpose of a Business Impact Analysis (BIA)?
- To identify the financial impact of IT projects
- To assess the effect of disruptions on critical business functions (Correct answer)
- To evaluate employee performance during incidents
- To document all business processes
Correct answer: To assess the effect of disruptions on critical business functions
A BIA identifies critical business functions and analyzes the potential impact of disruptions on those functions.
ISC2 CC Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery 1
What is the primary purpose of a Business Continuity Plan (BCP)?