Free Certificate of the Business Continuity Institute (CBCI) Practice Questions

A.  

An Activity BIA ensures that all of the activities undertaken by an organization can continue as usual during a disruption and sets out a detailed plan to enable continuity

B.  

An Activity BIA determines the resources required to deliver the organization's prioritized products and services

C.  

An Activity BIA identifies risks to delivery activities and establishes strategies to either prevent risks arising or to mitigate their effects should they arise

D.  

An Activity BIA identifies and prioritizes the activities that deliver the most urgent products and services and determines the resources and dependencies required to enable continuity

A.  

Internal audit

B.  

Performance appraisal

C.  

Post-incident review

D.  

Quality assurance

A.  

Contractual requirements, including penalties for failure to deliver products and/or services

B.  

Objectives and strategic direction of the organization

C.  

Annual training and performance management arrangements

D.  

Lessons learned from past disruptions and exercises

A.  

Confirm that business insurance arrangements are available for staff who are likely to be asked to use their own vehicles during a disruption.

B.  

Purchase vehicles for all staff to ensure that vehicles will be available.

C.  

Ask customers to assist during the disruption and to use their vehicles to undertake the organization's priority activities.

D.  

Introduce a new employment clause into the contracts of all current employees requiring all employees to own vehicles and make them available in case of disruption.

A.  

The development of training material including all relevant information and procedures so that this can be made available when required

B.  

Links to social media so the organization can run an extensive recruitment campaign both inside and outside the organization if a disruptive event occurs

C.  

Recruitment of additional personnel so that the organization always has access to surplus staff in case of an incident occurring

D.  

Induction and training by an operational manager at the time when the disruption is underway so that individuals can build understanding and confidence prior to commencing the allocated tasks

A.  

Embedding is focused on mandating and enforcing compliance whereas embracing is aimed at creating a greater understanding of the reason why BC is needed through cultural change

B.  

Embedding is mandated by top management within the BCMS whereas embracing is designed and implemented by operational teams

C.  

Embedding is only relevant for organizations that are new to BC whereas embracing should only be undertaken in organizations with well-established BCMS

D.  

Embedding relies on commitment from personnel whereas embracing is mandated and incorporates strict discipline

A.  

To ensure that the information is not treated as a real message

B.  

To ensure that the information is treated as confidential

C.  

To indicate that the message has been approved by the exercise facilitator

D.  

To indicate that all information should be treated as real during the exercise

A.  

A merger with another organization

B.  

A change to legal or regulatory requirements

C.  

A change to the way that products and services are delivered

D.  

A new communications manager being appointed to lead a business promotion campaign on social media

A.  

Only senior level exercise participants should provide opinions during the debrief

B.  

One-on-one interviews with all exercise participants should be conducted within one month following the exercise

C.  

A hot debrief should be conducted within one month after the conclusion of an exercise

D.  

Surveys are especially effective if an exercise and its participants are spread out over multiple locations

A.  

To take pressure off the organization's top management by delegating tasks

B.  

To ensure that all essential tasks are allocated to identified and competent individuals

C.  

To assist the Business Continuity (BC) professional in implementing the BCMS

D.  

To create a highly trained team who can then cascade their expertise by training other members of staff