First Things First
Which document provides guidance for integrating continuity concepts across the whole community?
Continuity Guidance Circular (CGC)
Which group provides guidance for the development or maintenance of the continuity plan?
Continuity Working Group (CWG)
Which leadership role is responsible for ensuring the resilience of essential functions?
Mission Owner
The Continuity Planner’s primary responsibility is to _____
Execute continuity plan development.
Which continuity option involves transferring authority and responsibility to a different set of staff at a different organization?
Devolution
For every Essential Function, there are many ______
Essential Supporting Activities (ESAs)
What is a method for identifying the potential negative impacts of failing to perform an essential function?
Business Impact Analysis (BIA)
Distribution, devolution, relocation, and hardening are referred to as __________?
Continuity Options
During which phase of continuity would an organization activate alternate locations, relocate continuity team personnel, and begin sustaining essential functions?
Continuity Operations
Who ensures that leadership and personnel are properly trained, and facilities are properly equipped?
Continuity Program Manager
What is a method for identifying the functional processes inherent to the execution of a function or requirement?
Business Process Analysis
What is the primary purpose of a risk assessment?
To assess threats and hazards that could disrupt operations and determine their likelihood and impact.
What is the first step in the continuity planning process?
Initiate (or continue) the planning process
What is the purpose of identifying vulnerabilities in the Business Impact Analysis (BIA) process?
To assess conditions that make essential functions more susceptible to threats.
Essential functions are an organization’s critical activities that must be continued ______
Throughout or resumed rapidly after a disruption of normal activities.