CBCI TESTED QUESTIONS AND
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
◉ MTPD Limit
Answer: This is reached when the damage levels mean
organisational failure is imminent.
◉ Factors when calculating MTPD
Answer: Financial damage
Reputational damage
Legal or regulatory breach
Failure to meet strategic objectives
◉ MTPD is express in terms of
Answer: Minutes, hours, days and weeks
◉ A BIA quantifies
Answer: The impacts of a disruption on the organisation not the
impact on interested third parties
◉ The RTO in relation to MTPD should always be
Answer: RTO should always be less than MTPD
,◉ When should a BIA be reviewed
Answer: At regular pre-agreed intervals (annually) or following
significant business change
◉ The initial BIA
Answer: High level analysis that identifies the products, services
and processes within the the organisation.
◉ The delivery of what is more important
Answer: A timely initial BIA is more important than a detailed
piece of work
◉ Outcomes from initial BIA
Answer: List of products and services
Impacts over time relating to delivery failure
Estimated MTPD
Processes and owners that contribute (including externals)
A breakdown of internal and external dependencies
List of exclusions and reasoning
◉ Product and services BIA
Answer: Organisation identifies and prioritises its products and
services
, ◉ A product and services BIA can be used
Answer: to determine disruption before implementing a
significant organisational change
◉ Process BIA
Answer: Generally performed by process driven organisations say
in manufacturing.
◉ Outcomes of the process BIA are
Answer: A list of processes that contributes to the delivery of the
organisations prioritised products and services.
Identification of the interdependencies of the processes.
The MTPD, RTO and RPO for each process
Identification of any processes that have been ouitsourced and
may present an increased risk.
◉ RPO
Answer: Recovery Point Objective
◉ Definition of RPO
Answer: The point to which information must be restored to
enable the activity to operate on resumption. Sometimes referred
to as "maximum data loss"
◉ During the activity BIA
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
◉ MTPD Limit
Answer: This is reached when the damage levels mean
organisational failure is imminent.
◉ Factors when calculating MTPD
Answer: Financial damage
Reputational damage
Legal or regulatory breach
Failure to meet strategic objectives
◉ MTPD is express in terms of
Answer: Minutes, hours, days and weeks
◉ A BIA quantifies
Answer: The impacts of a disruption on the organisation not the
impact on interested third parties
◉ The RTO in relation to MTPD should always be
Answer: RTO should always be less than MTPD
,◉ When should a BIA be reviewed
Answer: At regular pre-agreed intervals (annually) or following
significant business change
◉ The initial BIA
Answer: High level analysis that identifies the products, services
and processes within the the organisation.
◉ The delivery of what is more important
Answer: A timely initial BIA is more important than a detailed
piece of work
◉ Outcomes from initial BIA
Answer: List of products and services
Impacts over time relating to delivery failure
Estimated MTPD
Processes and owners that contribute (including externals)
A breakdown of internal and external dependencies
List of exclusions and reasoning
◉ Product and services BIA
Answer: Organisation identifies and prioritises its products and
services
, ◉ A product and services BIA can be used
Answer: to determine disruption before implementing a
significant organisational change
◉ Process BIA
Answer: Generally performed by process driven organisations say
in manufacturing.
◉ Outcomes of the process BIA are
Answer: A list of processes that contributes to the delivery of the
organisations prioritised products and services.
Identification of the interdependencies of the processes.
The MTPD, RTO and RPO for each process
Identification of any processes that have been ouitsourced and
may present an increased risk.
◉ RPO
Answer: Recovery Point Objective
◉ Definition of RPO
Answer: The point to which information must be restored to
enable the activity to operate on resumption. Sometimes referred
to as "maximum data loss"
◉ During the activity BIA
