CCP Business Continuity & Disaster Recovery Flashcards

What does RTO (Recovery Time Objective) define in a disaster recovery plan?

Answer: The maximum acceptable downtime before systems must be restored

RTO is the maximum acceptable length of time that a system can be offline before the outage causes unacceptable business impact.

What does RPO (Recovery Point Objective) represent?

Answer: Maximum tolerable data loss measured in time

RPO defines the maximum age of data that must be recovered from backup storage for normal operations to resume after a failure.

Which type of disaster recovery site is fully equipped and operational, ready to take over immediately?

Answer: Hot site

A hot site is a fully operational duplicate of the primary site that can take over immediately with little to no downtime.

A cold site in disaster recovery is best described as:

Answer: A facility with power and connectivity but no pre-installed hardware or data

A cold site provides only the basic infrastructure (power, HVAC, connectivity) and requires equipment installation and data restoration before use.

Which backup strategy involves copying only the files that have changed since the last full backup?

Answer: Incremental backup

Incremental backup copies only data changed since the last backup of any type, minimizing storage use but requiring multiple sets for restoration.

A Business Impact Analysis (BIA) primarily identifies:

Answer: Critical business functions and the impact of their disruption

A BIA identifies critical business processes and evaluates the financial and operational impact of their disruption to prioritize recovery efforts.