SSCP Certification SSCP Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery 2

Question 1

What distinguishes a 'cold site' from a 'hot site' in disaster recovery?

Accepted Answer

A cold site is minimally equipped requiring significant setup, while a hot site is fully operational immediately

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A cold site has no climate control while a hot site has environmental controls

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A cold site stores backup tapes offsite while a hot site processes live transactions onsite

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A cold site is used for winter disasters while a hot site handles summer incidents

Question 2

Which backup type copies only the data that changed since the last backup of ANY type?

Accepted Answer

Incremental backup

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Full backup

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Differential backup

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Mirror backup

Question 3

Which backup type copies all data changed since the last FULL backup regardless of intermediate backups?

Accepted Answer

Differential backup

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Full backup

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Incremental backup

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Synthetic full backup

Question 4

What is a tabletop exercise in BCP testing?

Accepted Answer

A discussion-based walkthrough where participants talk through disaster scenarios and their responses

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A full-scale simulation that redirects live operations to the recovery site

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A technical test that activates the disaster recovery site while production stays online

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A physical inspection of backup equipment and recovery site readiness

Question 5

What does Mean Time To Recover (MTTR) measure?

Accepted Answer

The average time required to restore a failed system to normal operation

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The maximum time allowed between system failures under SLA

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The total downtime accumulated across all systems in a month

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The minimum time necessary to complete a full system backup

Question 6

What is a 'parallel test' in disaster recovery?

Accepted Answer

Activating the recovery site and running operations there while production systems remain online

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Running simultaneous backups across multiple storage systems

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Testing two different recovery sites against each other simultaneously

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Running scheduled backups in parallel with normal production workloads

Question 7

What is the primary purpose of a call tree (notification tree) in BCP?

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To provide a structured chain for rapidly notifying all relevant personnel during a disaster

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To document all IT system dependencies and recovery priorities

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To track the financial cost of disaster recovery operations in real time

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To document step-by-step recovery procedures for each critical system