ISC2 CC Business Continuity, Disaster Recovery, and Incident Response Practice Test 2 — 15 Questions

Question 1

An organization is evaluating recovery site options. Which TWO factors are most critical when selecting between a hot site and a warm site? (Select TWO.)

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Cost. The primary factors are recovery time objective (RTO) and cost. Hot sites provide fast RTO but are expensive; warm sites are cheaper but have longer RTO.

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Geographic diversity

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Number of employees

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Regulatory compliance

Question 2

An organization is developing a Business Continuity Plan (BCP). Which analysis is performed first to identify critical business functions and their dependencies?

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Business Impact Analysis (BIA). A Business Impact Analysis (BIA) identifies critical functions, dependencies, and recovery priorities, forming the foundation for the BCP.

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Risk assessment

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Vulnerability assessment

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Gap analysis

Question 3

During a disaster recovery test, the IT team successfully restored systems from backups and achieved the recovery time objective (RTO). However, users could not resume normal work because additional configuration and data validation were needed. Which metric was NOT met?

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Work Recovery Time (WRT). Work Recovery Time (WRT) is the time needed to return to normal operations after systems are restored; it is separate from RTO.

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Recovery Point Objective (RPO)

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Maximum Tolerable Downtime (MTD)

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Recovery Time Objective (RTO)

Question 4

A company’s disaster recovery plan specifies an RTO of 4 hours and an RPO of 1 hour for its critical database. The database is backed up every hour using incremental backups. After a catastrophic failure, restoration takes 3 hours, but the database must be rolled forward using transaction logs. The total time to make the database fully operational is 5 hours. Which statement is correct?

Accepted Answer

RTO is exceeded but RPO is likely met. The RTO was exceeded (5 hours > 4 hours), but the RPO may still be met if the last backup was within 1 hour; the scenario does not indicate data loss beyond 1 hour.

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Both RTO and RPO are exceeded

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RPO is exceeded but RTO is met

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Both RTO and RPO are met

Question 5

Which recovery site strategy provides the fastest recovery time, typically within hours, and is a fully mirrored environment ready to take over operations immediately?

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Hot site. A hot site is fully configured with current data and systems, allowing recovery within hours.

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Reciprocal agreement

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Warm site

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Cold site

Question 6

An organization adopts the 3-2-1 backup rule. Which combination of backups satisfies this rule?

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Primary storage, backup server (disk), and cloud storage. 3-2-1 rule: 3 copies of data, on 2 different media types, 1 offsite. Option D meets all: 3 copies (primary, backup server disk, cloud), 2 media (disk and cloud), 1 offsite (cloud).

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Primary storage and one tape backup stored offsite

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Primary storage and two tape backups in the same room

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Primary storage, backup server (disk), and a second backup server (disk) in the same building

Question 7

A small business wants to minimize backup storage space and backup time, knowing that restoration may be slower. Which backup strategy should they choose?

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Incremental backup daily. Incremental backups capture only changes since the last backup (full or incremental), saving time and space, but restoration requires all incrementals since the last full backup.

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Full backup weekly and incremental daily

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Full backup daily

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Differential backup daily

Question 8

During an incident, the security team detects unusual outbound traffic from a server that normally does not communicate externally. The traffic appears to be encrypted and is sent to an unknown IP address. Which incident category best describes this scenario?

Accepted Answer

Data breach. Unauthorized access or data exfiltration is indicated by unusual outbound traffic to an unknown IP, suggesting a compromised server sending data externally.

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Malware

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Denial of service

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Social engineering

Question 9

An organization experiences a ransomware attack that encrypts critical files. The incident response team follows the standard IR phases. After containing the infection and eradicating the malware, what is the next phase?

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Recovery. After eradication, the next phase is recovery, where systems are restored and returned to normal operations.

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Detection

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Preparation

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Lessons learned

Question 10

A healthcare organization suffers a data breach involving protected health information (PHI). The incident occurred on Monday, and the organization discovers it on Wednesday. Under GDPR, if the breach affects EU residents, what is the deadline for notifying the supervisory authority?

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Saturday. GDPR requires notification within 72 hours of becoming aware of the breach.

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Wednesday (day of discovery)

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Thursday

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Monday (day of breach)

Question 11

Which of the following best describes a Disaster Recovery Plan (DRP)?

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A plan to restore IT systems after a disruption. A DRP focuses specifically on restoring IT systems and infrastructure after a disruption.

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A plan to evacuate personnel during an emergency

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A plan to identify critical business functions

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A plan to keep the business running during a disruption

Question 12

A company’s backup strategy: Full backup every Sunday, differential backups Monday through Saturday. On Thursday, the system fails. How many backups are needed to restore the data?

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Two: Sunday full and Thursday differential. A differential backup contains all changes since the last full backup. So you only need the full backup from Sunday and the differential from Thursday.

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One: Thursday differential only

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Four: Monday through Thursday differentials

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Five: Monday through Thursday differentials plus full

Question 13

An organization determines that its critical financial application has a maximum tolerable downtime (MTD) of 8 hours. The recovery time objective (RTO) is set to 6 hours, and the work recovery time (WRT) is 2 hours. If the application is restored from backup in 5 hours, but additional configuration takes 3 hours, what is the total downtime, and is the MTD met?

Accepted Answer

Total downtime 8 hours, MTD met. Total downtime = restoration (5 hours) + configuration (3 hours) = 8 hours, which equals MTD of 8 hours. So MTD is met (equal to MTD is acceptable).

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Total downtime 10 hours, MTD exceeded

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Total downtime 8 hours, MTD exceeded

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Total downtime 5 hours, MTD met

Question 14

An organization is developing an incident response plan. Which TWO phases are part of the incident response lifecycle according to the NIST framework? (Select two.)

Accepted Answer

Preparation. The NIST incident response lifecycle includes: Preparation, Detection & Analysis, Containment/Eradication/Recovery, and Post-Incident Activity (lessons learned). The correct two from options are Preparation and Recovery.

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Business impact analysis

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Risk assessment

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Vulnerability scanning

Question 15

A company is selecting a recovery site strategy. They need to balance cost and recovery time. Which THREE factors should they consider when choosing between hot, warm, and cold sites? (Select three.)

Accepted Answer

Cost of the facility and equipment. Key factors: cost, recovery time objective (RTO), and data synchronization capabilities. Geography and vendor lock-in are considerations but not primary for site type selection.

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Geographic diversity

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Vendor lock-in risks