Which of the following activities should the business
continuity manager perform FIRST after the replacement of
hardware at the primary information processing facility?
A. Verify compatibility with the hot site.
B. Review the implementation report.
C. Perform a walk-through of the DRP.
D. Update the IS assets inventory.
Answer / guest
Answer: D
An IS assets inventory is the basic input for the business
continuity/disaster recovery plan, and the plan must be
updated to reflect changes in the IS infrastructure. The
other choices are procedures required to update the disaster
recovery plan after having updated the required assets
inventory.
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What data should be used for regression testing? A. Different data than used in the previous test B. The most current production data C. The data used in previous tests D. Data produced by a test data generator
Which of the following business recovery strategies would require the least expenditure of funds? A. Warm site facility B. Empty shell facility C. Hot site subscription D. Reciprocal agreement
A large chain of shops with EFT at point-of-sale devices has a central communications processor for connecting to the banking network. Which of the following is the BEST disaster recovery plan for the communications processor? A. Offsite storage of daily backups B. Alternative standby processor onsite C. Installation of duplex communication links D. Alternative standby processor at another network node
During an IT audit of a large bank, an IS auditor observes that no formal risk assessment exercise has been carried out for the various business applications to arrive at their relative importance and recovery time requirements. The risk that the bank is exposed to is that the: A. business continuity plan may not have been calibrated to the relative risk that disruption of each application poses to the organization. B. business continuity plan may not include all relevant applications and therefore may lack completeness in terms of its coverage. C. business impact of a disaster may not have been accurately understood by the management. D. business continuity plan may lack an effective ownership by the business owners of such applications.
Which of the following implementation modes would provide the GREATEST amount of security for outbound data connecting to the Internet? A. Transport mode with authentication header plus encapsulating security payload (ESP) B. Secure socket layer (SSL) mode C. Tunnel mode with AH plus ESP D. Triple-DES encryption mode
The responsibilities of a disaster recovery relocation team include: A. obtaining, packaging and shipping media and records to the recovery facilities, as well as establishing and overseeing an offsite storage schedule. B. locating a recovery site if one has not been predetermined and coordinating the transport of company employees to the recovery site. C. managing the relocation project and conducting a more detailed assessment of the damage to the facilities and equipment. D. coordinating the process of moving from the hot site to a new location or to the restored original location.
When an employee is terminated from service, the MOST important action is to: A. hand over all of the employee's files to another designated employee. B. take a back up of the employee's work. C. notify other employees of the termination. D. disable the employee's logical access.
Which of the following goals would you expect to find in an organization's strategic plan? A. Test a new accounting package. B. Perform an evaluation of information technology needs. C. Implement a new project planning system within the next 12 months. D. Become the supplier of choice within a given time period for the product offered.
Which of the following exposures associated with the spooling of sensitive reports for offline printing would an IS auditor consider to be the MOST serious? A. Sensitive data can be read by operators. B. Data can be amended without authorization. C. Unauthorized report copies can be printed. D. Output can be lost in the event of system failure.
Which of the following would be of MOST concern to an IS auditor reviewing a VPN implementation? Computers on the network that are located: A. on the enterprise's facilities. B. at the backup site. C. in employees' homes. D. at the enterprise's remote offices.
To make an electronic funds transfer (EFT), one employee enters the amount field and another employee reenters the same data again, before the money is transferred. The control adopted by the organization in this case is: A. sequence check. B. key verification. C. check digit. D. completeness check.
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