CISM Domain 4 - Information Security
Incident Management Practice Exam
Questions and Answers
1 Which of the following should be determined FIRST when establishing a
business continuity program?
A. Cost to rebuild information processing facilities
B. Incremental daily cost of the unavailability of systems
C. Location and cost of offsite recovery facilities
D. Composition and mission of individual recovery teams - Answer✔️✔️-B is the
correct answer.
Justification:
A. The cost to rebuild information processing facilities would not be the first thing
to determine.
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B. Prior to creating a detailed business continuity plan, it is important to determine
the incremental daily cost of losing different systems. This will allow recovery
time objectives to be determined.
C. Location and cost of a recovery facility cannot be addressed until the potential
losses are calculated, which will determine the type of recovery site that is needed-
and this will affect cost.
D. Individual recovery team requirements will occur after the requirements for
business continuity are determined.
2 A company has a network of branch offices with local file/print and mail servers;
each branch individually contracts a hot site. Which of the following would be the
GREATEST weakness in recovery capability?
A. Exclusive use of the hot site is limited to six weeks.
B. The hot site may have to be shared with other customers.
C. The time of declaration determines site access priority.
D. The provider services all major companies in the area. - Answer✔️✔️-D is the
correct answer.
Justification:
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A. Access to a hot site is not indefinite; the recovery plan should address a long-
term outage.
B. Sharing a hot site facility is common practice and sometimes necessary in the
case of a major disaster and not a significant weakness.
C. First come, first served is a standard practice in hosted facilities and does not
constitute a major weakness.
D. In case of a disaster affecting a localized geographical area, the vendor's facility
and capabilities could be insufficient for all of its clients, which will all be
competing for the same resource. Preference will likely be given to the larger
corporations, possibly delaying the recovery of a branch that will likely be smaller
than other clients based locally.
3 Which of the following actions should be taken when an online trading company
discovers a network attack in progress?
A. Shut off all network access points
B. Dump all event logs to removable media
C. Isolate the affected network segment
D. Enable trace logging on all events - Answer✔️✔️-C is the correct answer.
Justification:
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A. Shutting off all network access points would create a denial of service that
could result in loss
of revenue.
B. Dumping event logs, while useful, would not mitigate the immediate threat
posed by the network attack.
C. Isolating the affected network segment will mitigate the immediate threat while
allowing unaffected portions of the business to continue processing.
D. Enabling trace logging, while useful, would not mitigate the immediate threat
posed by the network attack.
4 Which of the following choices should be assessed after the likelihood of a loss
event has been determined?
A. The magnitude of impact
B. Risk tolerance
C. The replacement cost of assets
D. The book value of assets - Answer✔️✔️-A is the correct answer.
Justification:
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