BCDR Basics
Risk & Impact
Recovery Metrics
Planning & Testing
Real-World Scenarios
100

What does BCDR stand for?

What is Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery?

100

What type of analysis identifies critical business functions and the impact of disruption?

What is a Business Impact Analysis (BIA)?

100

What does RTO stand for?

What is Recovery Time Objective?

100

What document outlines how to respond to a disaster?

What is a disaster recovery plan (DRP)?

100

A power outage hits your main office. What plan activates?

What is the business continuity plan?

200

What is the primary goal of a business continuity plan?

What is to ensure critical business functions continue during and after a disaster?

200

What is the likelihood and impact of a threat called?

What is risk assessment?

200

What does RPO stand for?

What is Recovery Point Objective?

200

What type of test involves walking through the plan with key personnel?

What is a tabletop exercise?

200

A ransomware attack locks your systems. What should you do first?

What is activate the incident response and disaster recovery plan?

300

What is the difference between business continuity and disaster recovery?

What is business continuity focuses on keeping operations running, while disaster recovery focuses on restoring IT systems?

300

What is the term for a potential cause of an unwanted incident?

What is a threat?

300

If your RPO is 4 hours, how much data loss is acceptable?

What is up to 4 hours of data?

300

What is the term for switching operations to a backup site?

What is failover?

300

Your data center floods. What’s the next step after declaring a disaster?

What is initiate failover to the backup site?

400

What is the first step in developing a BCDR plan?

What is conducting a business impact analysis (BIA)?

400

What is the term for a weakness that can be exploited by a threat?

What is a vulnerability?

400

Which metric defines how quickly systems must be restored?

What is RTO?

400

What is the difference between a hot site and a cold site?

What is a hot site is fully operational, while a cold site requires setup?

400

Your backup site is in a different country. What risk does this pose?

What is geopolitical or regulatory risk?

500

What is the term for the maximum tolerable time a system can be down?

What is the Maximum Tolerable Downtime (MTD)?

500

What is the formula for calculating risk?

What is Risk = Threat × Vulnerability × Impact?

500

Which metric defines how much data can be lost before causing harm?

What is RPO?

500

What is the best way to ensure a BCDR plan works?

What is regular testing and updating?

500

Your company failed to test its BCDR plan. What’s the likely outcome during a disaster?

What is plan failure or extended downtime?