Free Practice Quiz Question List

6 Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity Online Quiz Questions

Use this free practice quiz with 20 questions to review 6 Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity, test your knowledge, and prepare for your next test or exam.

20 questions

True or false

1 point

An organization can use manual procedures to keep critical work going while its information systems are being restored. This is an example of supporting business continuity.

A
True
B
False

Fill in the blank

1 point

A identifies critical business processes, their dependencies, and the effects of an interruption over time.

Choose one

1 point

A disaster recovery plan is being drafted. Which responsibility should it explicitly assign so recovery can be formally activated and prioritized?

A
The vendor that supplies the largest system
B
The person or role authorized to declare a disaster and approve recovery priorities
C
The first responder who arrives at the affected facility
D
The team responsible for publishing routine staff newsletters

Written response

1 point

A business process can tolerate losing transactions from no more than 45 minutes before a disruption. What RPO should its recovery requirement specify? Enter the value in minutes.

Written response

1 point

What is the term for the longest interruption an organization can withstand before the impact becomes unacceptable? Enter the full term.

True or false

1 point

A backup job completed successfully last night. That result alone proves that the organization can restore the data and resume service.

A
True
B
False

Choose all

1 point

Which practices help protect backups and provide evidence that they can be recovered? Select all that apply.

A
Use access controls and encryption where appropriate.
B
Keep every backup copy directly accessible through the ordinary production network.
C
Keep copies offline or otherwise segmented from ordinary network access.
D
Test retrieval and restoration, rather than relying only on job completion reports.

Fill in the blank

1 point

A disaster recovery plan should document response-team responsibilities, contact methods, and escalation paths, including those for relevant .

Choose one

1 point

A team is deciding what to include in backups so it can rebuild a service after a disruption. Which approach best supports that goal?

A
Only the latest copy of business data; system rebuild materials can be recreated later.
B
Data and staff contact lists, but not system configurations or software.
C
Data plus the configurations, software, and relevant documentation needed to rebuild services.
D
Only complete server images, without checking whether the data can be retrieved.

Choose one

1 point

Responders need to check whether written recovery steps are clear and complete, without restoring systems. Which exercise best fits this objective?

A
A tabletop exercise, where participants discuss a scenario without changing systems.
B
A walk-through, where responders follow documented steps and identify gaps.
C
A technical restoration test, where selected data or systems are restored in a controlled environment.
D
A full recovery exercise, where services are recovered at an alternate environment or site.

Choose all

1 point

After an exercise, which actions provide useful evidence of recovery performance and support improvement? Select all that apply.

A
Compare actual recovery time and the age of restored data with the RTO and RPO.
B
Assume the objectives were met if the team finished its exercise checklist.
C
Check whether essential dependencies work.
D
Avoid recording findings until the next disruption occurs.
E
Record findings and assign corrective actions.

Choose one

1 point

Which approach best helps keep disaster recovery procedures usable and current when an incident affects systems or facilities?

A
Store the only copy on the systems being recovered and review it on a fixed schedule regardless of changes.
B
Keep copies accessible to everyone without security controls, so no one is blocked from them.
C
Store accessible copies securely outside potentially affected systems or facilities, and review the plan when systems, personnel, vendors, or business needs change.
D
Keep a printed copy at one facility and do not revise it after approval.

Open ended

1 point

A disruption has made several business applications unavailable, and a team is preparing a recovery exercise. Explain how it should determine recovery requirements, organize and carry out recovery, and use the exercise results to improve its readiness.

True or false

1 point

A backup job reports success. Does that alone confirm that the organization can restore the data when needed?

A
True
B
False

Choose one

1 point

A response team discusses a disruption scenario, explains its decisions, and does not change any systems. Which type of recovery exercise is this?

A
A technical restoration test
B
A tabletop exercise
C
A full recovery exercise
D
A walk-through

Written response

1 point

What analysis identifies critical business processes, their dependencies, and the effects of interruption over time?

Choose one

1 point

A business application depends on both network connectivity and identity services. To account for recovery dependencies, what should the recovery team do?

A
Restore the business application first, then identify which services it needs.
B
Restore the systems with the largest storage capacity first.
C
Restore network connectivity and identity services before the dependent business application.
D
Restore systems in alphabetical order.

Choose one

1 point

An organization wants to reduce the risk that an attacker who compromises its production network can alter or delete all its backups. Which backup design best addresses that risk?

A
Keep all backup copies on the production network so they can be reached quickly.
B
Keep backup copies offline or otherwise segmented from ordinary network access.
C
Give every production administrator unrestricted access to backup credentials.
D
Retain only backups that are stored on the same systems as production data.

Written response

1 point

A business process must resume within 6 hours of a disruption and can tolerate at most 30 minutes of lost transactions. What RTO, in hours, should its supporting system target?

Choose one

1 point

A company changes a vendor that provides a service its recovery plan depends on. What should the company do with the plan?

A
Review it only after a disaster has occurred.
B
Keep it unchanged as long as the organization still has backups.
C
Review it only when the recovery team requests a new exercise.
D
Review it when systems, personnel, vendors, or business needs change.