CBCI - GPG GLOSSARY OF TERMS AND EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
Activity or activities - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅One or more tasks undertaken by, or for an
organization, that produces or supports the delivery of one or more products and services.
Analysis (PP3) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅The Professional Practice within the business continuity
management lifecycle that reviews and assesses an organization to identify its objectives, how it
functions and the constraints of its operating environment.
Audit - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅A systematic, independent and documented process for obtaining
evidence and evaluating it objectively to determine the extent to which the criteria are fulfilled.
Business Continuity (BC) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅The capability of the organization to continue
delivery of products or services at acceptable pre-defined levels following disruptive incident.
Business continuity management - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅A holistic management process that
identifies potential threats to an organization and the impacts to business operations those threats, if
realized, might cause, and which provides a framework for building organizational resilience with the
capability of an effective response that safeguards the interests of its keystakeholders, reputation,
brand and value-creating activities.
Business Continuity Management (BCM) Lifecycle - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅The ongoing cycle of
activities of the business continuity programme, that build organizational resilience.
Business Continuity Management System (BCMS) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Part of the overall
management system that establishes, implements, operates, monitors, reviews, maintains and improves
business continuity.
Business continuity plan (BCP) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Documented procedures that guide
organizations to respond, recover, resume, and restore to a pre-defined level of operation following
disruption.
, Business continuity programme - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅The ongoing management and
governance process supported by top management and appropriately resourced to implement and
maintain business continuity management.
Business continuity requirements - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅The time frames and resources, and
capabilities necessary to continue to deliver the prioritised products, services, processes, and activities
following a disruption.
Business impact analysis (BIA) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅The process of analysing activities and the
effect that a business disruption might have upon them.
Competence - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅The ability to apply knowledge and skills to achieve intended
results.
Continual improvement - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅A recurring activity to enhance performance.
Crisis - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅A situation with a high level of uncertainty that disrupts the core
activities and/or credibility of an organization and requires urgent action.
Design (PP4) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅The Professional Practice within the business continuity
management lifecycle that identifies and selects appropriate solutions to determine how continuity can
be achieved in the event of an incident.
Embedding (PP2) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅The Professional Practice that defines how to integrate
business continuity awareness and practice into business as usual activities.
Exercise - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅The process to train for, assess, practice, and improve
performance in an organization.
Implementation (PP5) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅The Professional Practice within the business
continuity management lifecycle that implements the solutions agreed in the Design stage. It also
includes developing the business continuity plans and a response structure.
ANSWERS
Activity or activities - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅One or more tasks undertaken by, or for an
organization, that produces or supports the delivery of one or more products and services.
Analysis (PP3) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅The Professional Practice within the business continuity
management lifecycle that reviews and assesses an organization to identify its objectives, how it
functions and the constraints of its operating environment.
Audit - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅A systematic, independent and documented process for obtaining
evidence and evaluating it objectively to determine the extent to which the criteria are fulfilled.
Business Continuity (BC) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅The capability of the organization to continue
delivery of products or services at acceptable pre-defined levels following disruptive incident.
Business continuity management - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅A holistic management process that
identifies potential threats to an organization and the impacts to business operations those threats, if
realized, might cause, and which provides a framework for building organizational resilience with the
capability of an effective response that safeguards the interests of its keystakeholders, reputation,
brand and value-creating activities.
Business Continuity Management (BCM) Lifecycle - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅The ongoing cycle of
activities of the business continuity programme, that build organizational resilience.
Business Continuity Management System (BCMS) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Part of the overall
management system that establishes, implements, operates, monitors, reviews, maintains and improves
business continuity.
Business continuity plan (BCP) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Documented procedures that guide
organizations to respond, recover, resume, and restore to a pre-defined level of operation following
disruption.
, Business continuity programme - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅The ongoing management and
governance process supported by top management and appropriately resourced to implement and
maintain business continuity management.
Business continuity requirements - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅The time frames and resources, and
capabilities necessary to continue to deliver the prioritised products, services, processes, and activities
following a disruption.
Business impact analysis (BIA) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅The process of analysing activities and the
effect that a business disruption might have upon them.
Competence - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅The ability to apply knowledge and skills to achieve intended
results.
Continual improvement - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅A recurring activity to enhance performance.
Crisis - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅A situation with a high level of uncertainty that disrupts the core
activities and/or credibility of an organization and requires urgent action.
Design (PP4) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅The Professional Practice within the business continuity
management lifecycle that identifies and selects appropriate solutions to determine how continuity can
be achieved in the event of an incident.
Embedding (PP2) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅The Professional Practice that defines how to integrate
business continuity awareness and practice into business as usual activities.
Exercise - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅The process to train for, assess, practice, and improve
performance in an organization.
Implementation (PP5) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅The Professional Practice within the business
continuity management lifecycle that implements the solutions agreed in the Design stage. It also
includes developing the business continuity plans and a response structure.
