Business Continuity Mock 3

In relation to solutions designed for business continuity, the purpose of strategies is to:

• A.     Analyse options available for mitigating all potential disruptions.

• A.     Outline the high-level approach to meeting the organization's business continuity requirements.

• 1. Create a central list of the internal and external requirements for recovery.

• Test capability to deliver all products and services during a disruption

Business continuity solutions must be designed in a way that

• A.     Accepts high risks to the organization over all in the short-term in order to secure immediate resolutions to disruptions in one part of the organization.

• Provides an immediate solution regardless of the costs involved both during the disruption and during the recovery phase.

• A.     Puts the needs of customers ahead of those of the organization to retain customer loyalty.

• A.     Considers all costs and benefits associated with actions in relation to the organization as a whole.

One of the three main steps in developing strategies and solutions for the resumption of business operations is:

• A.     Conducting a gap analysis to identify whether existing resumption capabilities meet the business continuity (BC) requirements.

• Establishing a formal process to measure business continuity culture and integrate business continuity into day-to-day operations.

• Developing procedures that document how communications are coordinated across the organization

• A.     Developing initial drafts of business continuity plans.

Following the completion of a gap analysis to identify whether new strategies and solutions for business continuity are required, consideration of the outcomes of the analysis and the decisions on the direction to be taken to address the outcomes will be made by:

• A.     The activity owner

• A.     The resource owner

• A.     The business continuity professional

• A.     Top management

Following the completion of a gap analysis, top management may decide not to close the gap between business continuity requirements and existing capabilities. Where gaps are not scheduled to be closed, which of the following actions should be taken?

• A.     The risk register should be updated in respect of the gaps not closed and should show that the organization has accepted the risk.

• 1. Resource and activity owners should reduce their commitment to business continuity and focus on other organization priorities.

• The business continuity professional should pursue the recommended actions regardless of the decision.

• 1. Personnel should be advised of the recommendations so that they are fully informed of the negative implications of the decision.

Which of the following actions will the business continuity professional carry out as part of the process of business continuity strategy determination?

• Identify the priority products and services and prioritise them by Recovery Time Objective (RTO).

• A.     Identify risks and single points of failure that need to be mitigated and included in relevant strategies.

• A.     Group products, services, processes, activities and resources requiring strategies by the relevant owner.

• A.     Prepare procedures to address required strategies.

Throughout the Solution Design process, the business continuity professional will work with two primary groups of strategy developers. The groups are:

• A.     Incident Response Team Leaders and Human Resources

• Activity owners and resource owners

• A.     Crisis Communication and Crisis Management Teams

• A.     Internal Audit and Quality Management Professionals

Which of the following business continuity solutions would support an information and data strategy of replication in the case of a disruption?

• A.     Advising personnel that they must remember to save their work in a passworded system so that it is not lost and remains secure.

• A.     Making data accessible via available technology across at least two separate locations.

• 1. Contracting former employees and contractors to assist in a disruption.

• 1. Keeping paper-based information in secure cabinets.

Which category of resources would have strategies such as continuous operation, alternate location, relocate to another work area and relocate to another facility?

• A.     People strategies

• Buildings, work environment, and associated utilities strategies

• Suppliers and outsourcing partners strategies

• 1. Information and data (vital records) strategies

In relation to solutions, which one of the following is an essential prerequisite for enabling access to funding during a disruption?

• A.     Establishing an agreement with protocols to access funds from cash reserves under defined criteria.

• Ensuring that customers pay their invoices on-time to maintain a positive cashflow.

• 1. Determining how the organization is going to finance an exercise programme.

• 1. Developing a plan for short and long-term funding of personnel following an incident.