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CRISC Practice Question: Sequence the steps for conducting a business…
Sequence the steps for conducting a business impact analysis (BIA).
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Identify critical processes, then determine outage tolerance, then identify dependencies, then estimate impact, then prioritize
BIA involves identifying critical processes, outage tolerance, dependencies, impact estimation, and prioritization.
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Identify critical processes, then determine outage tolerance, then identify dependencies, then estimate impact, then prioritize
Why this is correct
This is the correct sequence because BIA starts with identifying critical processes to know what is essential, then determines outage tolerance to set recovery targets, identifies dependencies to understand what supports those processes, estimates impact to quantify losses, and finally prioritizes based on criticality and impact.
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Identify critical processes, then identify dependencies, then determine outage tolerance, then estimate impact, then prioritize
Why it's wrong here
This sequence is incorrect because outage tolerance should be determined before identifying dependencies; understanding how long a process can be down helps define which dependencies are critical and their required recovery times.
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Identify critical processes, then estimate impact, then determine outage tolerance, then identify dependencies, then prioritize
Why it's wrong here
This is wrong because impact estimation depends on outage tolerance (e.g., financial loss per hour), so tolerance must be determined before impact. Estimating impact first without tolerance would be speculative.
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Prioritize, then identify critical processes, then determine outage tolerance, then identify dependencies, then estimate impact
Why it's wrong here
This order is incorrect because prioritization is the final step after all analysis is complete. You cannot prioritize processes before identifying them and assessing their tolerance, dependencies, and impact.
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