IPA IP 2020 Question 26
A question IPA Japan published in 令和2年度 10月 ITパスポート試験 公開問題 問26, translated into English. ITPEC is based on the same exams.
Same question on ITPEC: Apr 2026 Q69 +2 more
Company A is a large company with multiple offices nationwide, and it created BCP that envisaged the total destruction of the head office building in a large natural disaster. In consideration of the purpose of the BCP, which of the following is Company A’s most appropriate BCP?
Explanation
Name an office to take over the head office, narrow down the critical work, and set procedures for it — a BCP is about continuing important business when a disaster destroys resources.
The scenario assumes the head office building is totally destroyed. A business continuity plan must therefore say who and where takes over the head-office functions, which operations are critical and must continue or restart first, and how that work is carried out. Option (c) covers all three, and Company A's multiple offices make an alternate site realistic.
Answer (c)
Why not others:
- •(a) — fire-resistant materials and equipment checks reduce damage, but say nothing about how business continues once the building is lost
- •(b) — halting all offices to wait for instructions from a head office that no longer exists stops the business, the opposite of continuity
- •(d) — insurance and a future relocation cover financial loss and long-term recovery, but provide no way to keep critical work running meanwhile
Key rule: A BCP prioritizes critical operations and predefines the alternate site, people, authority and procedures to keep them running during a disruption; prevention and insurance alone are not continuity.
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