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
Answer / guest
Answer: D
Reciprocal agreements are the least expensive because they
usually rely on a gentlemen's agreement between two firms.
However, while they are the least expensive, they also are
the least reliable and often unenforceable at the time of need.
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Which of the following tasks is performed by the same person in a well-controlled information processing facility/computer center? A. Security administration and management B. Computer operations and system development C. System development and change management D. System development and systems maintenance
Which of the following is intended to detect the loss or duplication of input? A. Hash totals B. Check digits C. Echo checks D. Transaction codes
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.
Which of the following controls would BEST detect intrusion? A. User ids and user privileges are granted through authorized procedures. B. Automatic logoff is used when a workstation is inactive for a particular period of time. C. Automatic logoff of the system after a specified number of unsuccessful attempts. D. Unsuccessful logon attempts are monitored by the security administrator.
E-mail message authenticity and confidentiality is BEST achieved by signing the message using the:
Which of the following is an object-oriented technology characteristic that permits an enhanced degree of security over data? A. Inheritance B. Dynamic warehousing C. Encapsulation D. Polymorphism
Facilitating telecommunications continuity by providing redundant combinations of local carrier T-1 lines, microwaves and/or coaxial cables to access the local communication loop is: A. last mile circuit protection. B. long haul network diversity. C. diverse routing. D. alternative routing.
A control that detects transmission errors by appending calculated bits onto the end of each segment of data is known as a: A. reasonableness check. B. parity check. C. redundancy check. D. check digits.
The editing/validation of data entered at a remote site would be performed MOST effectively at the: A. central processing site after running the application system. B. central processing site during the running of the application system. C. remote processing site after transmission to the central processing site. D. remote processing site prior to transmission of the data to the central processing site.
After implementation of a disaster recovery plan (DRP), pre-disaster and post-disaster operational cost for an organization will: A. decrease. B. not change (remain the same). C. increase. D. increase or decrease depending upon nature of the business.
Which of the following describes a difference between unit testing and system testing? A. Unit testing is more comprehensive. B. Programmers are not involved in system testing. C. System testing relates to interfaces between programs. D. System testing proves user requirements are complete.
Which of the following duties would be a concern if performed along with systems administration? A. Maintenance of access rules B. Review of system audit trail C. Data librarian D. Performance monitoring