To develop a successful business continuity plan, end user involvement is critical during which of the following phases? A. Business recovery strategy B. Detailed plan development C. Business impact analysis D. Testing and maintenance

When selecting software, which of the following business and technical issues is the MOST important to be considered? A. Vendor reputation B. Requirements of the organization C. Cost factors D. Installed base

While designing the business continuity plan (BCP) for an airline reservation system, the MOST appropriate method of data transfer/back up at an offsite location would be: A. shadow file processing. B. electronic vaulting. C. hard-disk mirroring. D. hot-site provisioning.

Which of the following alternative business recovery strategies would be LEAST appropriate for an organization with a large database and online communications network environment? A. Hot site B. Cold site C. Reciprocal agreement D. Dual information processing facilities

Which of the following would be considered a business risk? A. Former employees B. Part-time and temporary personnel C. Loss of competitive edge D. Hackers

Which of the following is the FIRST step in a business process reengineering (BPR) project? A. Defining the areas to be reviewed B. Developing a project plan C. Understanding the process under review D. Reengineering and streamlining the process under review

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

The PRIMARY objective of a business continuity and disaster recovery plan should be to: A. safeguard critical IS assets. B. provide for continuity of operations. C. minimize the loss to an organization. D. protect human life.

Business continuity/disaster recovery is PRIMARILY the responsibility of: A. IS management. B. business unit managers. C. the security administrator. D. the board of directors.

As part of the business continuity planning process, which of the following should be identified FIRST in the business impact analysis (BIA)? A. Organizational risks, such as single point-of-failure and infrastructure risk B. Threats to critical business processes C. Critical business processes for ascertaining the priority for recovery D. Resources required for resumption of business

Once an organization has finished the business process reengineering (BPR) of all its critical operations, the IS auditor would MOST likely focus on a review of: A. pre-BPR process flowcharts. B. post-BPR process flowcharts. C. BPR project plans. D. continuous improvement and monitoring plans.

An organization acquiring other businesses continues using its legacy EDI systems, and uses three separate value added network (VAN) providers. No written VAN agreements exist. The IS auditor should recommend that management: A. obtain independent assurance of the third party service providers. B. set up a process for monitoring the service delivery of the third party. C. ensure that formal contracts are in place. D. consider agreements with third party service providers in the development of continuity plans.

An IS auditor discovers that an organization?s business continuity plan provides for an alternate processing site that will accommodate fifty percent of the primary processing capability. Based on this, which of the following actions should the IS auditor take? A. Do nothing, because generally, less than twenty-five percent of all processing is critical to an organization?s survival and the backup capacity, therefore is adequate. B. Identify applications that could be processed at the alternate site and develop manual procedures to backup other processing. C. Ensure that critical applications have been identified and that the alternate site could process all such applications. D. Recommend that the information processing facility arrange for an alternate processing site with the capacity to handle at least seventy-five percent of normal processing.

Which of the following components of a business continuity plan is PRIMARILY the responsibility of an organization?s IS department? A. Developing the business continuity plan B. Selecting and approving the strategy for business continuity plan C. Declaring a disaster D. Restoring the IS systems and data after a disaster

In an audit of a business continuity plan, which of the following findings is of MOST concern? A. There is no insurance for the addition of assets during the year. B. BCP manual is not updated on a regular basis. C. Testing of the backup of data has not been done regularly. D. Records for maintenance of access system have not been maintained.