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What is the time frame for BCP?

a) 0-30 days
b) 30-60 days
c) 60-180 days
d) Continuous

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For which areas of the enterprise are

business continuity plans required?
a) All areas of the enterprise
b) The financial and information processing
areas of the enterprise
c) The operating areas of the enterprise
d) The marketing, finance and information
processing areas
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3

Which of the following criteria should be met by

off-site storage for media backup?
a) The storage site should be located at least 15 miles
from the main site
b) The storage site should be easily accessible during
working hours
c) The storage site should always be protected by an
armed guard
d) The storage site should guard against unauthorized
access
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4

What conditions should be taken to

restore a system's computational
capability and data files after a system
failure?
a) Implement recovery procedures
b) Synchronize system programs
c) Execute risk management
d) Restore storage media backup
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What is the best way to assure the reliability of

backup tapes which are being maintained at a
warm disaster recovery site?
a) Have the off-site provider/vendor verify the tapes
are properly labeled
b) Have the off-site provider/vendor verify that the
tapes are readable
c) Retrieve off-site tapes and verify that they can be
read
d) Inventory the off-site backup tapes monthly
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Which term describes the principle that no

single point of failure will disrupt a
system?
a) Redundancy
b) Fault tolerance
c) Backups
d) Recoverability
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7

What is the term for an alternate

processing site that is only partially
equipped?
a) Shell Site
b) Mobile Hot Site
c) Warm Site
d) Cooperative Hot Site
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8

Which term describes an exercise in

which all recovery procedures and
strategies are tested?
a) Simulation
b) Parallel Test
c) Checklist Test
d) Full Recovery Test
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What is the most overlooked component

of backup strategy?
a) Documentation
b) Testing
c) Redundancy
d) Contracts

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10 Due to the complexity of large databases
and the need for 24-hour access, it is best
to __________.
a) maintain a replicated on-line copy
b) never back up the database
c) shut down the database monthly for backups
d) only backup the database when a large
number of changes have occurred
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11 Computers are sensitive to the quality of power
supplied. Low voltage, power spikes, and
electromagnetic interference can disrupt
computer operations. This can be remedied by
using __________.
a) a power strip with surge protection
b) an UPS with power filtering
c) an agreement with the facility owner
d) A and C
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Sample Question
12 Contingency planners should never
consider simple loss of data or erroneous
erasure of data as disasters that materially
affect the entire organization.
a) True
b) False

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Sample Question
13 Which is not a step in the business
recovery process?
a) Disaster
b) Response
c) Restoration
d) Return

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14 Which of the following service does
disaster recovery planning forward?
a) Availability
b) Accuracy
c) Acceptability
d) Authenticity

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15 What is a hot-site facility?
a) A site with pre-installed computers, raised flooring, airconditioning, telecommunications and networking equipment
and UPS
b) A site in which space is reserved with pre-installed wiring and
raised floors
c) A site with raised flooring, air-conditioning,
telecommunications and networking equipment and UPS
d) A site with ready-made work space with telecommunications
equipment, LANs, PCs and terminals for work groups

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Sample Question
16 When dealing with removable media for backup
and restoration purposes, it is best to maintain
multi-copies of the media in __________.
a) the same location as the original, swapping it out with
newer copies periodically
b) a different location, swapping it out with newer copies
periodically
c) the same location as the original, without swapping it
out with newer copies periodically
d) a different location, without swapping it out with
newer copies periodically

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Sample Question
17 What is the risk of inadequate humidity
controls?
a) Overheating processors
b) Demagnetization of media
c) Loss of power
d) Static electricity discharge

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Sample Question
18 Which of the following is not a major cost
factor in recovery?
a) Information re-creation
b) Equipment replacement
c) Business lost due to downtime
d) Personnel

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Sample Question
19 Which of the following is a risk of
individual UPS units attached to devices?
a) Inability to recover after power failure
b) Inability to de-power all units in emergency
c) Inability to restore data
d) Inability to detect server power failures

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