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  Weekly Quiz Archive (1999)

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December 27 - January 2, 2000

Is BC/DR training available periodically to accommodate new hires/ promotions/ reorganizations? No: 73.97% Yes: 26.03% Total Votes: 803

December 20 - December 26, 1999

Does your firm provide a training program (separate from testing) for the general population as to their individual BC responsibilities? No: 75.95% Yes: 24.05% Total Votes: 869

December 13 - December 19, 1999

Do you consider the size of the network could cause an increase in network failures? Yes: 83.90% No: 16.10% Total Votes: 2006

December 6 - December 12, 1999

Is the BC Team involved with changes to infrastructure? Yes: 57.29% No: 42.71% Total Votes: 1152

November 29 - December 5, 1999

What is your recovery window for your mission critical processes? Less than 1 Day: 41.55% 1-2 Days: 37.32% 3-5 Days: 16.90% Greater than 5 days: 4.23% Total Votes: 1846

November 22 - 28, 1999

Which best describes the involvement of your firm's senior management in the BC program? Supportive: 54.29% Actively involved: 24.29% Not Involved: 21.43% Total Votes: 910

November 15 - 21, 1999

Is your firm’s senior management aware of the BC program? Yes: 77.98% No: 22.02% Total Votes: 1417

November 8 - 14, 1999

Do you measure the cost/benefit of your BC program? No: 61.80% Yes: 38.20% Total Votes: 1335

November 1 - November 7, 1999

What percent of BC costs are spent on Technical/Application contingency? Less than 20: 56.48% 20 to 40: 13.89% 60 to 80: 11.11% 40 to 60: 10.19% More than 80: 8.33% Total Votes 1296

October 25 - October 31, 1999

What percent of BC costs are spent on Alternate Sites? Less than 20: 52.19% 20 to 40: 16.15% 40 to 60: 13.67% 60 to 80: 12.43% More than 80: 5.56% Total Votes: 1539

October 18 - October 24, 1999

What percent of BC costs are spent on Personnel? Less than 20: 68.42% 20 to 40: 11.58% 60 to 80: 9.47% More than 80: 5.26% 40 to 60: 5.26% Total Votes: 1615

October 11 - October 17, 1999

How are contingency costs funded? Through the technology departments: 31.87% Centrally funded via technology: 28.57% Through the business units: 25.27% Other: 14.29% Total Votes: 1547

October 4 - October 10, 1999

Does your recovery strategy include an emergency hotline or toll-free number that provides recovery process info/updates? No: 53.38% Yes: 46.62% Total Votes: 1862

September 27 - October 3, 1999

What do you consider to be the most critical resource for a successful disaster recovery? People: 81.65% Data: 16.19% Equipment: 2.16% Total Votes: 2502

September 20 - September 26, 1999

How many miles is your offsite tape storage from your main data center? 0-10: 36.32% 10-25: 28.86% 50+: 17.91% 25-50: 16.92% Total Votes: 2211

September 6 - September 19, 1999

What is your annual DR/BC budget in dollars? Less than 100,000: 44.39% 100,000-500,000: 33.69% More than 1 Million: 13.37% 500,000-1 Million: 8.56% Total Votes 3179

August 30 - September 5, 1999

Have you implemented solutions to reduce your recovery window within the past year? Yes: 71.43% No: 28.57% Total Votes: 1729

August 23 -August 29, 1999

Do you currently have a plan in place to recover your eBusiness systems? No: 65.52% Yes: 34.48% Total Votes: 2204

August 16 -August 22, 1999

Do you consider dependency on your staff to be a risk factor in successful disaster recovery? Yes: 90.54% No: 9.46% Total Votes: 2442

August 9 -August 15, 1999

Have you assessed your facilities to identify any single points of failure? Yes: 56.15% No: 43.85% Total Votes: 2210

August 2 - August 8, 1999

Have you ever conducted cross-site recovery testing? No: 63.91% Yes: 36.09% Total Votes: 2128

July 26-August 2, 1999

Do you include full network recovery into your DR exercises? Yes: 67.11% No: 32.89% Total Votes: 1937

July 19 - July 25, 1999

Is your organization? International: 54.11% National: 16.44% Local: 14.38% State: 10.96% Regional: 4.11% Total Votes: 2044

July 12-July 18, 1999

Do you currently belong to a local contingency group? Yes: 50.27% No: 49.73% Total Votes: 2220

July 5-July 11, 1999

What Percent of your companies total IT Budget is spent on BC/DR? Less than 1%: 49.37% Between 1% - 3%: 34.18% Between 3% - 6%: 13.92% More than 9%: 1.27% Between 6% - 9%: 1.27% Total Votes: 1501

June 28-July 4, 1999

What Percent of your companies total revenue is spent on BC/DR? Less than 1/2%: 70.73% Between 1/2% - 1%: 15.45% More than 5%: 6.50% Between 2% - 5%: 4.07% Between 1% - 2%: 3.25% Total Votes: 2091

June 21-June 27, 1999

Due to Y2K concerns, has your organization issued a vacation policy which prohibits days off, before and after 1/1/2000? Yes: 70.30% No: 29.70% Total Votes: 3458

June 14-June 20, 1999

How often are your BC Plans Reviewed? Every Year: 83.33% More than 2 Years: 12.96% Every 2 Years: 3.70% Total Votes: 1728

June 7-June 13, 1999

Who reviews your BC Plans? Management: 58.94% Internal Auditor: 23.04% Outside Consult/Auditor:18.02% Total Votes: 1415

May 31-June 6, 1999

Is you DR Plan accessible via your Network (LAN/WAN)? Yes: 51.24% No: 48.76% Total Votes: 2057

May 24- May 30, 1999

Does your company anticipate any serious Y2K Problems? No: 86.01% Yes: 13.99% Total Votes: 2581

May 17- May 23, 1999

What is your main alternate site strategy? Hot-Site Vendor: 54.10% Internal: 22.13% None: 13.11% Mobile Hot-Site: 5.74% Reciprocal: 4.92% Total Votes: 1830

May 10- May 16, 1999

If you've been involved in a true recovery effort, rate the effectiveness of the plan. (5 Being Most Effective, 1 Being Least) 5: 13.51% 4: 36.49% 3: 31.08% 2: 8.11% 1: 10.81% Total Votes: 1036

May 3- May 9, 1999

Is the Business Continuity Planner a management position in your organization? No: 40.89% Yes: 59.11 Total Votes: 2700

April 26-May 2, 1999

How many years have you been involved in Business Continuity? Less than 1: 27.56% 1-5: 37.01% 5-10: 16.14% More than 10: 19.29% Total Votes: 1778

April 19-25, 1999

Are you a Certified Contingency Planner (CBCP,FBCI, etc.)? No: 74.49% Yes: 25.51% Total Votes: 2156

April 12-18, 1999

Does your company utilize DR/BC specific software to document your plan? No: 52.70% Yes: 47.30% Total Votes: 2072

April 5-11, 1999

Do you currently use your Intranet for BC/DR Awareness Programs? No: 68.00% Yes: 32.00% Total Votes: 1638

March 29-April 3, 1999

Does you Organization carry Business Interruption Insurance? No: 50.51% Yes: 49.49% Total Votes: 1263

March 22-28, 1999

How many personnel are dedicated to BC/DR? One: 42.12% Three or More: 37.90% Two: 19.98% Total Votes: 1161

March 15-21, 1999

How often do you test your DR Plan? Every 6 Months: 48.96% Annually: 45.42% Every 2 Years: 5.62% Total Votes: 1867

March 8-14, 1999

Do you currently have a Business Continuity Plan? Yes: 41.47% In the Process: 36.60% No: 21.93% Total Votes: 2937

March 1-7, 1999

Do you have BC/DR Awareness Program? No: 55.50% Yes: 44.50% Total Votes: 1636