ISC Contingency Management Practice Question
Your organization has decided to use a 'Cloud Disaster Recovery' service. The vendor provides a 'Pilot Light' strategy. What does this mean for your organization's recovery capability?
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
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Core services are running, and the remaining infrastructure can be scaled up on demand.
A pilot light maintains critical core components (e.g., database) in a running state, while application tiers are spun up on-demand during a disaster.
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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A complete replica of the production environment is running 24/7.
Why it's wrong here
That is an active-active or hot-site configuration.
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Core services are running, and the remaining infrastructure can be scaled up on demand.
Why this is correct
This is the definition of a pilot light approach, balancing cost and speed.
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The environment only exists as data snapshots in cold storage.
Why it's wrong here
That is a cold-site approach.
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The environment is hosted on-premises and fails over to a secondary data center.
Why it's wrong here
This describes a traditional DR setup, not cloud pilot light.
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Last reviewed August 2026 · checked against the official (ISC)² exam blueprint
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