Question 1

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Training focuses on the particular roles each individual is expected to execute during an actual
disaster.
Selected Answer: True

Question 2
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____ is the inclusion of action steps to minimize the damage associated with the disaster on
the operations of the organization.
Selected Answer:

d.
Mitigation of impact

Question 3
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Unless an organization has contracted for a ____ or equivalent, office equipment such as
desktop computers are not provided at BC alternate site.
Selected Answer:

b.
hot site

Question 4
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____ is a set of focused steps that deal primarily with the safety and state of the people from
the organization who are involved in the disaster.
Selected Answer:

d.
Crisis management

Question 5
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____ means making an organization ready for possible contingencies that can escalate to
become disasters.

Selected Answer:

d.
Preparation

Question 6
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____ is the set of actions taken by an organization in response to an emergency situation in an
effort to minimize injury or loss of life.
Selected Answer:

c.
Crisis management

Question 7
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One activity that occurs during the clearing phase of a BC implementation is scheduling a
move back to the primary site.
Selected Answer: False

Question 8
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Network recovery teams may be used to replacing downed systems, but it is unlikely that they
have experience in physically repairing damaged systems.
Selected Answer: False

Question 9
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In contrast to emergency response that focuses on the immediate safety of those affected, ____
addresses the services needed to get the organization and its stakeholders back to original
levels of productivity or satisfaction.
Selected Answer:

Question 10
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d.
humanitarian assistance

A recent trend in corporate settings is to provide each employee with a disaster recovery
identification card.
Selected Answer: True

Question 11
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Using desk check, talk-throughs, walk-throughs, simulation, and other exercises on a regular
basis helps prepare the organization for crises and, additionally, helps keep the CM plan up to
date.
Selected Answer: True

Question 12
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The ____ is the amount of time that a business can tolerate losing capabilities until alternate
capabilities are available.
Selected Answer:

c.
recovery time objective

Question 13
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The ____ team is responsible for reestablishing connectivity between systems and to the
Internet.
Selected Answer:

c.
network recovery

Question 14
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Testing the BC plan is an ongoing activity, with each scenario tested annually at walk-through
level or higher.
Selected Answer: True

Question 15
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Organizations typically respond to a crisis by focusing on technical issues and economic

priorities, and overlook the steps needed to preserve the most critical assets of the
organization: its people.
Selected Answer: True

Question 16
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____ requires effective backup strategies and flexible hardware configurations.
Selected Answer:

b.
Data recovery

Question 17
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A BC subteam called the ____ is responsible for establishing the core business functions
needed to sustain critical business operations.
Selected Answer:

a.
operations team

Question 18
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Essential BC supplies needed at an alternate site include portable computers, software media,
and ____.
Selected Answer:

b.
licenses

Question 19
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Like DR planning, the identification of critical business functions and the resources to support
them are the cornerstone of the process used to create the business continuity (BC) plan.
Selected Answer: True

Question 20
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____ refers to those actions taken to meet the psychological and emotional needs of various
stakeholders.
Selected Answer:

a.
Humanitarian assistance

Question 21
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The ____ is the point in the past to which the recovered applications and data at the alternate
infrastructure will be restored.
Selected Answer:

d.
recovery point objective

Question 22
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____ are those actions taken in order to manage the immediate physical, health, and
environmental impacts resulting from an incident.
Selected Answer:

a.
Emergency response

Question 23
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Cross-training provides a mechanism to get everyone out of the crime scene and thus prevent
contamination of possible evidentiary material.
Selected Answer: False

Question 24
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BC is specifically designed to get the organizations most critical services up and running as
quickly as possible in order to enable the continued operation of the organization and thereby
ensure its existence and minimize the financial losses from the disruption.
Selected Answer: True

Question 25

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Most disaster-related loss occurs because of physical damage to property.
Selected Answer: False

Question 26
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____ planning represents the final response of the organization when faced with any
interruption of its critical operations.
Selected Answer:

b.
Business continuity

Question 27
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In disaster recovery planning, there is a prevention phase similar to that in IR planning.
Selected Answer: True

Question 28
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A(n) ____ occurs when a situation results in service disruptions for weeks or months, requiring
a government to declare a state of emergency.
Selected Answer:

d.
worst-case scenario

Question 29
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A ____ is defined by the ICM as a disruption in the companys business that occurs without
warning and is likely to generate news coverage and may adversely impact employees,
investors, customers, suppliers, and other stakeholders.
Selected Answer:

Question 30

d.
sudden crisis

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____ are those steps taken to inform stakeholders regarding the timeline of events, the actions
taken, and sometimes the reasons for those actions.
Selected Answer:

a.
Crisis communications