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

A.  

Ability to identify commercial opportunities in adverse situations

B.  

A detailed understanding of each requirement set out in Business Continuity plans

C.  

Skill in coordinating resources, operations and suppliers

D.  

Decisiveness and the ability to make decisions quickly

A.  

To ensure that personnel and resources are not distracted from the primary purpose of delivering the BIA

B.  

To enable the risk assessment to focus on the risks associated with prioritised products and services as determined by the BIA

C.  

To prevent the risk assessment information leaking to external stakeholders before the BIA is available

D.  

To ensure that there is sufficient time and focus available to complete a full organizational risk assessment that is not biased by ongoing work on the BIA

A.  

Culture

B.  

Business targets

C.  

Business plan

D.  

Structure

A.  

Validation exercises to confirm the findings of the gap analysis that can be presented to top management as part of the decision-making process

B.  

Agreement from top management that a Business Impact Analysis (BIA) should be completed to determine the new procedures required

C.  

A determination that Business Continuity capabilities exceed requirements and resources could be redistributed

D.  

A schedule for sharing the outcomes with all personnel to invite their comments and encourage them to embrace Business Continuity

A.  

Measuring Business Continuity culture

B.  

Identifying and assigning Business Continuity Management System (BCMS) roles and responsibilities

C.  

Developing an exercise programme

D.  

Defining the initial BCMS scope

A.  

Unlimited access to financial resources during a disruption

B.  

Knowledge of when key suppliers and external stakeholders should be notified and included in the response

C.  

Flexibility to change policies and procedures during a disruption without consulting top management

D.  

Personnel in place to assess and measure the performance of responders during a disruption

A.  

Clarification that all personnel have the responsibility of keeping social media information up to date and should treat this as a priority activity

B.  

Identification of the team, group or individual with the responsibility, authority and technical knowledge to deliver communications via each available method

C.  

Instruction that external communications should not take place until after the incident is over

D.  

Permission for communications personnel to make decisions on how the organization is represented in a crisis without prior agreement with top management

A.  

Measure capabilities to deliver the solutions by carrying out a gap analysis

B.  

Create guidance documents that detail response activities and procedures that specific teams need to follow

C.  

Establish and implement a strategy to ensure that business objectives are aligned to the agreed solutions

D.  

Carry out a review of the Business Continuity policy to ensure that it is updated with the detail of the agreed solutions

A.  

Begin gathering more details about the situation

B.  

Use a pre-determined code word to notify all participants of suspension of the exercise

C.  

Call a short break to allow time to determine how to proceed

D.  

Continue with the exercise unless otherwise notified

A.  

Scenario exercise

B.  

Simulation exercise

C.  

Investigative exercise

D.  

Discussion-based exercise