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IT Infrastructure and Application Risk Assessment Quiz

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What is the primary purpose of effective risk assessments?

To establish the likelihood of a ransomware event

To determine the cost of revenue losses and mitigation efforts

To measure the up-front and ongoing costs of backups

To assess how far the IT infrastructure can be stretched before breaking (correct)

Why is it important to understand the interdependence of IT systems?

To measure the up-front and ongoing costs of backups

To determine the likelihood of being hit by a ransomware event

To calculate the cost of revenue losses and mitigation efforts

To assess the impact of public-facing web application downtime on back-end systems (correct)

What is a potential consequence of not having enough engineers available for covering emergencies?

Ransomware attacks on business servers

System hardening efforts becoming ineffective

Lowering the overall defense plan effectiveness

Increased legal liabilities and expensive lawsuits (correct)

Why is it important to consider at what point a major outage could threaten the ongoing viability of operations?

To understand the potential threat to ongoing business operations Signup and view all the answers

What does the Recovery Point Objective (RPO) measure?

The amount of data loss that can be sustained before full recovery becomes impossible Signup and view all the answers

Why is having an RTO longer than the RPO a problem?

It implies that the recovery plan will take longer than the time available to recover the data loss Signup and view all the answers

What does Mean Time to Recovery (MTTR) primarily depend on?

The performance guaranties provided by vendors supplying hardware and software components Signup and view all the answers

What is the purpose of determining the Recovery Time Objective (RTO)?

To estimate how long it will take to go from a failed state to fully restored operations Signup and view all the answers

What does Recovery Point Objective (RPO) assess?

The amount of data and revenue that can be lost without affecting operations Signup and view all the answers

Why is it important for an organization's RTO to be less than its RPO?

It ensures that the recovery plan is efficient and aligns with business needs Signup and view all the answers