ISC2 CC Practice Question: Business Continuity, Disaster Recovery, and Incident Response
Which phase of the incident response process involves actions to stop the incident from causing further damage, such as isolating affected systems?
Answer choices
Why each option matters
Answer the question above first, then reveal the full breakdown to understand why each option is right or wrong.
Correct answer & explanation
✓
Containment
Containment is the phase where actions are taken to limit the scope and impact of the incident.
Answer analysis
Option-by-option breakdown
For each option: why learners choose it and why it is or isn't the right answer here.
- ✗
Eradication
Why it's wrong here
Eradication removes the root cause after containment.
- ✗
Analysis
Why it's wrong here
Analysis investigates the incident but does not stop it.
- ✓
Containment
Why this is correct
Containment prevents further damage.
- ✗
Detection
Why it's wrong here
Detection identifies that an incident has occurred.
Go deeper
Related to this question
Learn chapter
Incident Response and Management
Key term
Containment
Containment is the incident response phase where security teams isolate a compromised system or network to prevent the threat from spreading further while preserving evidence.
Key term
Scope
In IT, scope defines the boundaries, goals, and deliverables of a project, assessment, or engagement, specifying what is included and what is excluded.
About these practice questions
This CC question is part of Courseiva's 976-question bank — original exam-style content with full explanations and wrong-answer analysis, never real exam questions or exam dumps. Learn why practice questions differ from exam dumps →
JA
Written by Johnson Ajibi, MSc IT Security
Senior Network & Security Engineer · founder of Courseiva
This CC practice question is part of Courseiva's free ISC2 certification practice question bank. Courseiva provides original exam-style practice questions with explanations, topic-based practice, mock exams, readiness tracking, and study analytics to help learners prepare for the CC exam.