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CBCP 2009 Edition Study Guide
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In today's
business climate, all organizations face the challenge of quickly
responding to risks, adapting to change, and continuing operations
without interruption. Simply put, you must anticipate problems before
they occur, and adjust your strategy accordingly. This is what BCP is
all about.
Everything you need to pass the CBCP
exam!
With contents massively updated on Feb 25 (2009), our latest
revision CBCP Study Guide is packed with valuable information for
guaranteeing your exam success!
According to DRII, the CBCP certification
program acknowledges an individual's effort to achieve a professional
level of competence in the industry. Designed to be rigorous, well
controlled, and free of bias, the program is centered on the
DRI Professional Practices. The
certification process delivers authoritative recognition of one's level
of industry knowledge and capabilities.
To earn the Certified Business Continuity
Professional (CBCP) designation, you must pass a multiple choices
exam administered by DRII affiliates or by Prometrics. There is only ONE
EXAM; your score on the same exam determines your eligibility for certification
at a variety of levels – DRII offers FOUR certs
now. The DRII exam
maintains a very high standard for the following reasons:
a) To establish their standards on an ISO9000 certification level;
b) To ensure that people who pass the exam do have strong practice
knowledge, interest and expertise;
c) To ensure that the credibility for the profession is maintained.
Information and terminology from the 10 Subject Areas of the
Professional Practices standard serve as basis for the DRII exam. This
exam (which has a new version released in mid-Feb) has a
lot of questions that ask for your "best decisions" - of the hundreds of
questions you will encounter in the exams, a significant portion of them
requires that you pick the best possible options. These best options are
often based on experience and best practices not easily found in the
standard exam text books.
There are also plenty of questions on
concepts and theories. These are the questions quite closely related to
the published objectives of the official BOK. They mostly ask for the
correct definitions of terms. For example, you will be tested heavily on the
difference between RM and BIA. You will also be tested on your
understanding of the way ER works.
Business continuity
is a term that describes the processes and procedures an
organization puts in place to ensure that essential functions
can continue during and after a disaster. Business continuity
planning seeks to prevent interruption of mission-critical
services, and to reestablish full functioning as swiftly and
smoothly as possible.
Business Continuity is a broad topic which covers a variety of
concepts over a broad time frame. First it deals with the moment
before anything bad has actually happened. Through Risk
Management (RM) techniques you know and anticipate your risks
and threats. Through Business Impact Analysis (BIA) you know the
possible damages to your business so you and your management
people start to get real serious in planning for continuity.
With Project Management (PM) skills you manage the creation,
testing, delivery and maintenance of your continuity plan as
project(s).
Much like Contingency Planning (CP), Business Continuity
Planning also deals directly with the bad days through proper
preparation, followed by careful implementation. In your
continuity plan you have elements related to Emergency Response
(ER) and Disaster Recovery (DR), which address the moment right
after an emergency disaster has taken place. These topics deal
with the steps that you and your people have to take to give
proper response to and recover from the tragedy. And through
Crisis Communication (CM) techniques you let people know exactly
what and how you are doing all the way.
NOTE: BCP serves to integrate and coordinate the narrower
scopes of the various smaller plans.
Our CBCP/ABCP Study
Guide goes the expert-advice way. Instead of just giving you the hard facts,
we also give you information that covers the best practices. With these
information, you will always be able to make the most appropriate expert
judgment in the exam.
Our CBCP Study Guide is simply the
BEST!
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Table of contents
(this product has been
updated on Feb 25, 2009) |
EXAM FORMAT
ABOUT THIS BOOK
EXAM TOPICS
EXAM REGISTRATION CONTACTS
STUDY PSYCHOLOGY & EXAM TACTICS
MY CBCP EXAM EXPERIENCE
BUSINESS CONTINUITY
DEFINITION
GETTING STARTED IN CONTINUITY PLANNING
CONTINUITY PLANNING AS A LONG TERM STRATEGY
IN-HOUSE DEVELOPMENT OR OUTSOURCING
BCP VS BPCP, DRP AND OTHERS
BCP VS BCP (Planning VS Plan)
BCM, BCMT and BCSC
BCP AT THE DEPARTMENTAL LEVEL
BUSINESS CONTINUITY POLICY
REGULATORY COMPLIANCESBUSINESS CONTINUITY PLANNING
IN-DEPTH
OVERVIEW OF MAJOR BCP ACTIVITIES
A COMPONENT VIEW OF BCP
STAKEHOLDERS AND CRISIS
COMMUNICATIONS
HAT KINDS OF RESPONSIBILITY AND SUPPORT SHOULD BE EXPECTED FROM
YOUR TOP MANAGEMENT?
SAMPLE POLICY STATEMENTS FROM THE BOARD
BCI STANDARDS
RECOMMENDED READINGS
PROJECT MANAGEMENT
PROJECT MANAGEMENT DEFINED
THE PROS OF A PM APPROACH TO BCP
STAGES OF A BCP PROJECT
MAJOR KILL AND HALT POINTS
PROJECT MANAGEMENT READINGS
RISK MANAGEMENT
RISK MANAGEMENT DEFINED
MITIGATION
FINANCIAL RISK MANAGEMENT
CONCERN ON INSURANCE
RISK ANALYSIS VS RISK ASSESSMENT
RISK ANALYSIS TOOLS
STRATEGIC RISK ASSESSMENT
RAV
THE RISK ASSESSMENT FLOW
RISK COMMUNICATION
THE RISK MANAGEMENT STEPS
THE RISK ASSESSMENT FLOW
RISK VS THREAT AND VULNERABILITY
IDENTIFYING RISKS
PRIORITIZING RISKS
PANDEMICS RISK
WIDE-SCALE DISRUPTION
LOSS CALCULATIONS
RTO VS RPO
CONVERSION TO MANUAL PROCESSES
HOT SITE, WARM SITE, AND COLD SITE
PREFABRICATED BUILDING AND TERTIARY LOCATION
AN ACTIVE/ACTIVE MODEL TO RESOURCE REDUNDANCY
REPLICATION, MIRRORING AND VAULTING
SERVICE AGREEMENT
DATA SYNCHRONIZATION CONCERN
REMOTE ACCESS CONCERN
CENTRALIZATION VA DECENTRALIZATION
SITE SECURITY
AGENCIES COORDINATION
MANAGING RECOVERY
DIVERSITY GUIDELINES FOR COMMUNICATION FACILITIES
BCP AWARENESS BUILDING, TESTING AND MAINTENANCE
AWARENESS AND TRAINING
EXERCISING THE PLAN
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TESTING THE PLAN
SCOPE AND OBJECTIVES
ENTERPRISE WIDE TESTING POLICY
THE ROLE OF SENIOR MANAGEMENT IN THE TESTING PROGRAM
THE ROLE OF YOU THE PLANNER IN THE TESTING PROGRAM
THE ROLE OF BUSINESS LINE MANAGEMENT IN THE TESTING PROGRAM
THE ROLE OF AN INDEPENDENT THIRD PARTY IN THE TESTING PROGRAM
PLAN THE TEST
TEST SCRIPTS AND PLAN REVIEWS
EXERCISING THE PLAN
TABLETOP EXERCISING
OPERATIONAL EXERCISE
VALIDATION EXERCISE
INTEGRATED EXERCISE
MOCK DISASTERS
SIMULATED LOSS EXERCISE
VALIDATING THE PLAN
PLAN MAINTENANCE AND SECURITY
PLAN DISTRIBUTION
BUSINESS IMPACT ANALYSIS
RA VS BIA
BIA DEFINED & EXPLAINED
FUNDAMENTAL THEME OF A BIA
WORK FLOW ANALYSIS
BIA PHASES
ANALYZING INTERDEPENDENCIES
CLASSIFYING IMPACTS
EXAMPLE OF IMPACT ANALYSIS IN A NON-COMMERCIAL CONTEXT
BIA CHECKLIST AND REAL WORLD EXAMPLE (COMMERCIAL CONTEXT)EMERGENCY RESPONSE AND
OPERATIONS
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
THE CONCEPT OF CEM
EMERGENCY RESPONSE
ESF
EMERGENCY PROCUREMENT
THE EMERGENCY RESPONSE TEAM
DEFINING CRISIS
FORMATION OF THE CMT AND THE ERT
THE APPROPRIATE LEVEL OF RESPONSE
THE EMERGENCY COMMAND CENTER
DESCRIPTION OF A REAL LIFE ECC
CRITICAL CONCERN ON ECC
IN-HOUSE SHELTER
OTHER ROLES IN THE ER SCENARIO
INCIDENT COMMAND SYSTEM
DEALING WITH EXTERNAL AGENCIES
CRISIS COMMUNICATION IN THE CASE OF EMERGENCY
ALTERNATE METHODS OF COMMUNICATION
FACILITY SECURITY
CRISIS COMMUNICATION
THE NEED FOR PROACTIVE COMMUNICATION
THE CRISIS COMMUNICATION TEAM
BEST AND WORST CASE SCENARIO
PICKING THE RIGHT SPOKESPERSON
MESSAGES TO BE DELIVERED
WHAT TO DO AND WHAT NOT TO DO
EMERGENCY PUBLIC INFORMATION WHAT CONSTITUTES A
WELL-DONE BCP?
LAST MINUTE TIPS
BUDGET DEVELOPMENT
OUTSOURCING AND CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION
THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ACT
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY 190 Review Questions |
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CBCP
ExamESSENTIALS
Read each question
carefully. DRI is notorious for questions written to trip up people who
read carelessly. Sometimes the crucial information is contained in the
last several words of a very-long question. Make sure you fully understand
the intent and purpose of each question.
You want to
use our study guide to learn the tricks and avoid getting tripped up
during the exam. As an example, suppose you have just updated the BCP
plan. Which of the following parties should receive the updated plan?
A, Ross the big boss
B, the ERT
C, Tom the ER Team Leader
D, Mary and Ann the ER Teammates
Even though you know that everyone should be informed of the update, you
are allowed to pick only 2 choices. Which 2 choices will you pick?
What if:
- Ross is on vacation in Hawaii
- Tom is currently on duty and is in charge of the ER efforts
- Mary and Ann are actively participating in the frontline ER efforts
Who should receive the updated plan FIRST? Pick ONE:
A, Ross the big boss
B, the local government authority
C, Tom the ER Team Leader
D, Mary and Ann, the ER Teammates
Answers:
For the first question, you should send the update to: A, Ross the big
boss; and
B, the ERT. Why? Because choice B is a superset of choice C and D - Tom,
Mary and Ann are members of the ERT. You want to inform everyone, so you
want to inform the big boss and the entire ER Team.
For the second question, you should FIRST update Tom. Ross is on vacation,
so if something goes seriously wrong he probably won't be of timely help.
You should first send the updated plan to Tom. Tom as the ER Team Leader
is responsible for updating his team members (in this case Mary and Ann )
accordingly.
Now you see
the logic?
One more
example - what is the MOST important factor for success in your BCP
effort?
First you
need management awareness. Without this there will be no management
commitment. Once you have the support, you can build your plan and push it
through. At the time you promote your plan, you need to build up user
awareness. When the users become BCP-aware, they will be willing to accept
training. With proper training they will be able to take the most out of
your plan.
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Other CBCP Test Taking
Tips
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Last minute cram can be
counter-productive. Therefore, don't cram the night before. Get a good
night's sleep and eat a good breakfast.
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Get yourself to the exam
center at least 30 minutes early so you'll have time to calm down and
compose yourself to face the beast alone.
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Relax. There is no need to
be tense. You will do fine if you've given yourself enough time to study
and learn what you'll need to know.
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Answer the questions with
clear thinking. Remember, there's a lot of overlap between the different
knowledge domains, and the best thing to do is to keep in mind the general
"flavor" or "feeling" of each domain so you'll understand the aspect,
perspective and application of the duplicated topics.
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Use the scrap paper you are
given to write down anything you might find helpful during the exam. Use
this paper to mark questions you are uncertain about or want to skip. Once
you reach the end of the exam and if you still have time left, review the
marked questions.
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Take full advantage of the
process of elimination. Questions on the CBCP exam are multiple choice.
Your goal is to select the most correct answer. There are many questions
with two or three correct answer selections, but only one is the most
correct. Being most correct may mean most complete or most specific or
most direct to the question asked. If
you are not sure of the answer to a question, figure out which answers
definitely are wrong and make your educated guess from there. Wrong
answers don't subtract from your score anyway.
Latest update:
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Now you can take the exam
through the Prometric network of testing centers. To receive a Prometric
eligibility number, you must pay for your registration through the DRII
website. After you receive your eligibility number, you can schedule to
take the exam at anytime during the local Prometric Centers hours of
operation.
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