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CY-604 (A) · IT Business & Disaster Recovery Planning/Important Questions

IT Business & Disaster Recovery Planning (CY-604 (A)) - Important Questions

  1. Unit 514 Marks High Priority

    Define Business Continuity Planning (BCP). Explain the objectives, key components and typical phases of a BCP, and describe how an organization prioritizes critical functions during continuity planning.

    Core topic from Unit 5; highest frequency in analytics heatmap (Business Continuity Planning).

  2. Unit 514 Marks High Priority

    What is Business Impact Analysis (BIA)? Describe the steps involved in conducting a BIA and explain how BIA results are used to determine recovery priorities and metrics such as $RTO$ and $RPO$.

    Core Unit 5 topic; appeared repeatedly in analytics heatmap as Business Impact Analysis (BIA).

  3. Unit 114 Marks High Priority

    Differentiate between Disaster Recovery (DR) and Business Continuity (BC). Discuss the primary objectives of a Disaster Recovery plan and outline typical DR strategies and components.

    Core concept from Unit 1; frequent in heatmap as Disaster Recovery & Business Continuity differentiation.

  4. Unit 57 Marks High Priority

    Explain the process of Risk Analysis / Risk Assessment in the context of IT disaster recovery planning. Include methods for risk identification, qualitative and quantitative evaluation, and typical mitigation options.

    Important Unit 5 topic on Risk; frequent in analytics heatmap.

  5. Unit 47 Marks High Priority

    List and explain laws, regulations and standards relevant to Disaster Recovery and data protection (for example data protection acts, CAN-SPAM, PCI-DSS, GDPR). Discuss their implications for DR planning and operations.

    Unit 4 topic appearing multiple times; covers legal and regulatory drivers for DR planning.

  6. Unit 37 Marks Medium Priority

    Explain the phases of Emergency Management: mitigation, preparedness, response and recovery. For each phase, give examples of IT-specific activities or controls.

    Unit 3 core topic; mid-frequency in heatmap (Phases of Emergency Management).

  7. Unit 27 Marks Medium Priority

    Describe the nature and categorization of disasters affecting IT operations. Differentiate between natural, technological and human-made disasters, giving examples and discussing the typical impacts on IT services.

    Unit 2 topic; covers classification of disasters and their relevance to DR planning.

  8. Unit 17 Marks Low Priority

    What is the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (ISDR)? Discuss international best practices and standards for disaster risk reduction and how they can be applied to IT disaster recovery and business continuity planning.

    Unit 1/topic with low frequency in heatmap but important for international best practices.

  9. Unit 514 Marks High Priority

    Describe techniques for implementing Business Continuity Plans and Disaster Recovery solutions. Explain alternate site strategies (hot, warm, cold sites), backup technologies, types of recovery testing (tabletop, simulation, full interruption) and procedures for plan maintenance and review.

    Implementation & testing is a high-value practical topic mapped to Business Continuity Planning (Unit 5).

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