CBCP 2009 Edition Study Guide and 190 Practice Questions

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 Nov 24 (2008), 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.

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!

Table of contents (this product has been updated on Nov 24, 2008)

EXAM FORMAT
ABOUT THIS BOOK
EXAM TOPICS
EXAM REGISTRATION CONTACTS
STUDY PSYCHOLOGY & EXAM TACTICS

MY CBCP EXAM EXPERIENCE

BUSINESS CONTINUITY
DEFINITION
BCP VS BPCP, DRP AND OTHERS
BCP AT THE DEPARTMENTAL LEVE
IN-HOUSE DEVELOPMENT OR OUTSOURCING
BUSINESS CONTINUITY POLICY
REGULATORY COMPLIANCES
BUSINESS CONTINUITY PLANNING
OVERVIEW OF MAJOR BCP ACTIVITIES
A COMPONENT VIEW OF BCP
STAKEHOLDERS AND CRISIS COMMUNICATIONS
RECOMMENDED READINGS

PROJECT MANAGEMENT
PROJECT MANAGEMENT DEFINED
THE PROS OF A PM APPROACH TO BCP
STAGES OF A BCP PROJECT
PROJECT MANAGEMENT READINGS

RISK MANAGEMENT
RISK MANAGEMENT DEFINED
MITIGATION
FINANCIAL RISK MANAGEMENT
CONCERN ON INSURANCE
THE RISK MANAGEMENT STEPS
THE RISK ASSESSMENT FLOW
RISK VS THREAT AND VULNERABILITY
IDENTIFYING RISKS
PRIORITIZING RISKS
PANDEMICS RISK
LOSS CALCULATIONS
RTO VS RPO
HOT SITE VS COLD SITE
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
TESTING THE PLAN

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
VALIDATING THE PLAN
PLAN MAINTENANCE & SECURITY

BUSINESS IMPACT ANALYSIS
BIA DEFINED & EXPLAINED
FUNDAMENTAL THEME OF A BIA
WORK FLOW ANALYSIS
BIA PHASES
ANALYZING INTERDEPENDENCIES
CLASSIFYING IMPACTS
BIA CHECKLIST AND REAL WORLD EXAMPLE

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
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

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?

Other CBCP Test Taking Tips

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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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:

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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