COMPLETE 100 QUESTIONS AND
DETAILED SOLUTIONS VERIFIED
⩥ Strategic BIA Objective. Answer: Identify and prioritize
organization's products and services
Determine org's MTPDs (recovery timescales) and MBCOs (disruption
tolerance levels)
Clarify/review BCM program scope (re: products/services)
⩥ Tactical BIA Objective. Answer: Determine process(es) required for
delivering most urgent products/services
Access impact of disruption to required processes
⩥ Operational BIA Objective. Answer: Identify and prioritize activities
(at operational level) that contribute to the identified processes for
delivering most urgent products/services
Determine resources required for activity continuity/recovery
Collect detailed resource requirements (may be higher than normal to
cope with backlog)--inc. supplier dependencies
⩥ Tactical BIA Process. Answer: For processes (i.e. often cuts across
many departments/business units)
, Identify process owner
Determine BIA scope (product/service group under consideration)
Identify dependencies for processes delivering most urgent
products/services
Quantify each process' MTPD (using those of the group as a guide)
Establish RTOs and RPOs
Process owner approves accuracy
Obtain support from Top Mgmt
Publish results
⩥ Operational BIA Process. Answer: Similar to Tactical BIA, BUT focus
is on individual activities
Could be at the departmental or single business unit level
Identify/prioritize activities
Quantify required resources
Account for extra required activity generated by interruption (people,
premises, resources, suppliers)
Process owner approves
Top management support of conclusions