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ISC CISSP Practice Test 80

Question 790

A bank wants to prove its backup processing site can handle production-like workloads without intentionally interrupting live transactions. Which recommendation should the security leader make FIRST to address the stated objective?

  1. The exercise records recovered capacity, processing integrity and achieved RTO/RPO while primary services remain available.
  2. Conduct a tabletop scenario with assigned roles, decision injects and a documented improvement list.
  3. Run a properly isolated parallel recovery test using production-representative workloads.
  4. Switch off the primary site without approval to make the exercise realistic.

Explanation

Correct Answer

C:

Parallel tests exercise recovery processing while primary production continues. The scenario is: A bank wants to prove its backup processing site can handle production-like workloads without intentionally interrupting live transactions.

Incorrect Answers

A:

This is useful evidence after implementation, rather than the FIRST recommended decision for this objective. The exercise records recovered capacity, processing integrity and achieved RTO/RPO while primary services remain available.

B:

This addresses a distinct subsequent requirement: An early planning review cannot use test systems and management authorizes only a discussion exercise. A tabletop validates response planning without exercising actual recovery infrastructure.

D:

Full interruption has greater operational risk and violates the constraint to preserve live transactions. The rejected action is: Switch off the primary site without approval to make the exercise realistic.

Question 791

A bank wants to prove its backup processing site can handle production-like workloads without intentionally interrupting live transactions. A colleague instead proposes: "Switch off the primary site without approval to make the exercise realistic." Which finding BEST explains why the proposal should be rejected?

  1. It is inadequate only because of a different later condition: An early planning review cannot use test systems and management authorizes only a discussion exercise.
  2. No evidence or governance records should be retained when evaluating this 7.12 decision.
  3. Full interruption has greater operational risk and violates the constraint to preserve live transactions.
  4. Its only deficiency is a missing executive signature, even if the design still fails the stated requirement.

Explanation

Correct Answer

C:

Full interruption has greater operational risk and violates the constraint to preserve live transactions. This directly invalidates the proposed action: Switch off the primary site without approval to make the exercise realistic.

Incorrect Answers

A:

The subsequent circumstance is separate and does not explain why this proposed action fails the initial case. A tabletop validates response planning without exercising actual recovery infrastructure.

B:

Destroying records would weaken oversight and cannot remedy the immediate technical or governance flaw: Full interruption has greater operational risk and violates the constraint to preserve live transactions.

D:

Approval alone cannot fix the specific weakness: Full interruption has greater operational risk and violates the constraint to preserve live transactions.

Question 792

A bank wants to prove its backup processing site can handle production-like workloads without intentionally interrupting live transactions. After implementing "Run a properly isolated parallel recovery test using production-representative workloads.", what evidence BEST demonstrates that the intended security outcome is functioning?

  1. A declaration that no incident has been reported, without exercising the relevant control.
  2. A meeting record that the alternate design "Conduct a tabletop scenario with assigned roles, decision injects and a documented improvement list." was discussed but never tested.
  3. The exercise records recovered capacity, processing integrity and achieved RTO/RPO while primary services remain available.
  4. A note proposing to test this exact 7.12 measure in a future quarter.

Explanation

Correct Answer

C:

The exercise records recovered capacity, processing integrity and achieved RTO/RPO while primary services remain available. This verifies the original requirement because parallel tests exercise recovery processing while primary production continues.

Incorrect Answers

A:

Absence of reported incidents is not a controlled validation of the requirement. A stronger proof is: The exercise records recovered capacity, processing integrity and achieved RTO/RPO while primary services remain available.

B:

Discussion of a different design does not demonstrate the deployed control. A tabletop validates response planning without exercising actual recovery infrastructure.

D:

An unexecuted future plan does not prove current effectiveness for the stated 7.12 objective. The evidence should include: The exercise records recovered capacity, processing integrity and achieved RTO/RPO while primary services remain available.

Question 793

The organization previously faced this problem: A bank wants to prove its backup processing site can handle production-like workloads without intentionally interrupting live transactions. Its requirement then changes: An early planning review cannot use test systems and management authorizes only a discussion exercise. Which revised action BEST meets the new requirement?

  1. Switch off the primary site without approval to make the exercise realistic.
  2. Keep the original 7.12 policy unchanged, and defer the newly identified requirement without a risk decision.
  3. Conduct a tabletop scenario with assigned roles, decision injects and a documented improvement list.
  4. Run a properly isolated parallel recovery test using production-representative workloads.

Explanation

Correct Answer

C:

A tabletop validates response planning without exercising actual recovery infrastructure. The appropriate revised action is: Conduct a tabletop scenario with assigned roles, decision injects and a documented improvement list.

Incorrect Answers

A:

The earlier rejected approach remains inappropriate. Full interruption has greater operational risk and violates the constraint to preserve live transactions.

B:

The new requirement needs an accountable response, not automatic deferral. A tabletop validates response planning without exercising actual recovery infrastructure.

D:

This addresses the original situation: Parallel tests exercise recovery processing while primary production continues. It does not directly meet the changed requirement: An early planning review cannot use test systems and management authorizes only a discussion exercise.

Question 794

A regulated broker wants to rehearse decision-making after ransomware but cannot authorize actual service cutover this month. What should the security manager recommend as the MOST appropriate response to the current requirement?

  1. Combine destination context, user identity and classification-aware egress monitoring.
  2. Run a structured tabletop exercise with timed injects, assigned roles and action tracking.
  3. Perform an unapproved full interruption of trading systems to create realism.
  4. Run a parallel recovery test to measure processing without stopping primary trading.

Explanation

Correct Answer

B:

Tabletop rehearsals validate roles and decision process without risking production interruption.

Incorrect Answers

A:

This response addresses a different condition: A data transfer monitor collects only total outbound bytes and fails to identify unusual uploads to personal storage tenants. The present case requires the measure described by Run a structured tabletop exercise with timed injects, assigned roles and action tracking.

C:

Disruption without business authority violates safety and availability constraints. The proposal would not be defensible for this case.

D:

This is appropriate for a later condition (The broker later receives approval for an isolated failover validation.), but it does not directly resolve the initial need. A different exercise method is warranted once technical validation becomes safe.

Question 795

A regulated broker wants to rehearse decision-making after ransomware but cannot authorize actual service cutover this month. The team must implement a defensible safeguard AND demonstrate that it works. Which TWO entries form that control-and-evidence pair? (Select TWO.)

  1. Run a parallel recovery test to measure processing without stopping primary trading.
  2. Use versioned configuration baselines, drift detection and authorized reconciliation.
  3. Run a structured tabletop exercise with timed injects, assigned roles and action tracking.
  4. Exercise records show decisions, escalation delays and assigned corrective actions.
  5. Perform an unapproved full interruption of trading systems to create realism.

Explanation

Correct Answers

C:

Correct control. Tabletop rehearsals validate roles and decision process without risking production interruption.

D:

Correct verification. The specific evidence is: Exercise records show decisions, escalation delays and assigned corrective actions.

Incorrect Answers

A:

This concerns a later and different need: The broker later receives approval for an isolated failover validation. A different exercise method is warranted once technical validation becomes safe.

B:

The proposed control fits another scenario: A fleet of virtual servers deviates from hardened configurations after manually applied emergency changes. It does not directly address this scenario's primary requirement.

E:

Disruption without business authority violates safety and availability constraints.

Question 796

A public transport authority has a BCP document but station managers have never rehearsed communication during a regional outage. What should the security manager recommend as the MOST appropriate response to the current requirement?

  1. Update shared contact dependencies and revalidate the exercise playbook.
  2. Integrate business process workarounds and staff readiness into recovery exercises.
  3. Exercise the plan with operational roles, degraded communications and timed decisions.
  4. Assume the annually signed document proves all stations will coordinate correctly.

Explanation

Correct Answer

C:

Continuity plans must work for people under realistic constraints, not just on paper. This directly addresses the stated situation.

Incorrect Answers

A:

This is appropriate for a later condition (A partner transit system changes its emergency dispatch number and escalation criteria.), but it does not directly resolve the initial need. External partner changes affect continuity plan accuracy.

B:

This response addresses a different condition: A bank's continuity rehearsal successfully restores IT systems but employees cannot process customer transactions due to missing manual forms. The present case requires the measure described by Exercise the plan with operational roles, degraded communications and timed decisions.

D:

A signature cannot demonstrate practiced communications or fallback capability. The proposal would not be defensible for this case.

Question 797

A public transport authority has a BCP document but station managers have never rehearsed communication during a regional outage. A designer proposes: Assume the annually signed document proves all stations will coordinate correctly. What is the MOST significant security deficiency in this proposal?

  1. External partner changes affect continuity plan accuracy.
  2. Operational continuity covers people and procedures, not only server restoration.
  3. A signature cannot demonstrate practiced communications or fallback capability.
  4. Business transactions can remain blocked despite functional infrastructure.

Explanation

Correct Answer

C:

A signature cannot demonstrate practiced communications or fallback capability. This is the direct weakness in the proposed action.

Incorrect Answers

A:

This explains a later shift in requirements (A partner transit system changes its emergency dispatch number and escalation criteria.), not the failure of the current proposal.

B:

This is an advantage of another design (Integrate business process workarounds and staff readiness into recovery exercises.), not the particular flaw of Assume the annually signed document proves all stations will coordinate correctly.

D:

This is a limitation elsewhere: A bank's continuity rehearsal successfully restores IT systems but employees cannot process customer transactions due to missing manual forms. It does not explain the deficiency of the specified proposed approach.

Question 798

A public transport authority has a BCP document but station managers have never rehearsed communication during a regional outage. The organization has now implemented this response: Exercise the plan with operational roles, degraded communications and timed decisions. Which observation would MOST directly demonstrate that the security objective was met?

  1. The case report distinguishes verified events, inferred sequence and unavailable evidence.
  2. An approved change ticket for Exercise the plan with operational roles, degraded communications and timed decisions. without a completed verification result.
  3. The drill measures alternate contact activation and resolution of assigned failures.
  4. Staff execute a representative transaction through the approved fallback within target time.

Explanation

Correct Answer

C:

The drill measures alternate contact activation and resolution of assigned failures. This validates that continuity plans must work for people under realistic constraints, not just on paper.

Incorrect Answers

A:

This other observation is relevant to: A malicious actor alters log forwarding during an intrusion and responders initially lack a full event timeline.

B:

An approved change without an executed test cannot prove operating effectiveness. The needed evidence is The drill measures alternate contact activation and resolution of assigned failures.

D:

This demonstrates controls in another circumstance: A bank's continuity rehearsal successfully restores IT systems but employees cannot process customer transactions due to missing manual forms.

Question 799

A previous security situation was: A public transport authority has a BCP document but station managers have never rehearsed communication during a regional outage. Now the requirement changes: A partner transit system changes its emergency dispatch number and escalation criteria. Which NEW action BEST answers the changed need?

  1. Assume the annually signed document proves all stations will coordinate correctly.
  2. The drill measures alternate contact activation and resolution of assigned failures.
  3. Update shared contact dependencies and revalidate the exercise playbook.
  4. Exercise the plan with operational roles, degraded communications and timed decisions.

Explanation

Correct Answer

C:

External partner changes affect continuity plan accuracy. The revised action is Update shared contact dependencies and revalidate the exercise playbook.

Incorrect Answers

A:

This remains inappropriate: A signature cannot demonstrate practiced communications or fallback capability.

B:

This is a record of how the initial safeguard would be checked, not an action implementing the newly requested condition: The drill measures alternate contact activation and resolution of assigned failures.

D:

This is the appropriate response to the original situation: Continuity plans must work for people under realistic constraints, not just on paper. It does not directly meet the new condition.

Question 800

A bank's continuity rehearsal successfully restores IT systems but employees cannot process customer transactions due to missing manual forms. What should the security manager recommend as the MOST appropriate response to the current requirement?

  1. Exercise the plan with operational roles, degraded communications and timed decisions.
  2. Integrate business process workarounds and staff readiness into recovery exercises.
  3. Declare the rehearsal fully successful based solely on server uptime.
  4. Validate legal validity and offline availability of the new fallback approvals.

Explanation

Correct Answer

B:

Operational continuity covers people and procedures, not only server restoration. This directly addresses the stated situation.

Incorrect Answers

A:

This response addresses a different condition: A public transport authority has a BCP document but station managers have never rehearsed communication during a regional outage. The present case requires the measure described by Integrate business process workarounds and staff readiness into recovery exercises.

C:

Business transactions can remain blocked despite functional infrastructure. The proposal would not be defensible for this case.

D:

This is appropriate for a later condition (The bank adopts digital signatures for its manual fallback workflow.), but it does not directly resolve the initial need. Process changes require updated continuity dependencies and assurance.

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