ISC2 CC Practice Question: Business Continuity, Disaster Recovery, and Incident Response
An organization is preparing its Business Continuity Plan (BCP). Which process identifies critical business functions and the impact of disruptions?
Answer choices
Why each option matters
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Correct answer & explanation
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Business Impact Analysis (BIA)
A Business Impact Analysis (BIA) identifies critical business functions, dependencies, and the impact of disruptions, providing metrics like MTD, RTO, and RPO.
Answer analysis
Option-by-option breakdown
For each option: why learners choose it and why it is or isn't the right answer here.
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Incident Response Plan (IRP)
Why it's wrong here
The IRP deals with immediate response to incidents, not business continuity planning.
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Disaster Recovery Plan (DRP)
Why it's wrong here
A DRP focuses on restoring IT infrastructure after a disaster, not on identifying critical business functions and their disruption impact. It is tempting because BCP and DRP are closely related in continuity planning, and a DRP would be correct if the question asked specifically about recovering technology systems after an outage, rather than the initial business-impact analysis that defines which functions must be prioritised.
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Risk Assessment
Why it's wrong here
A risk assessment identifies threats and vulnerabilities, but not specifically critical functions.
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Business Impact Analysis (BIA)
Why this is correct
The BIA identifies critical business functions and the impact of disruptions.
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Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery
Key term
RTO
Recovery Time Objective is the maximum acceptable time to restore a system or data after a disaster, defining how quickly normal operations must resume.
Key term
RPO
Recovery Point Objective (RPO) is the maximum acceptable amount of data loss measured in time, defining how recent data must be to resume operations after a disruption.
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