Which of the following plans provides procedures for disseminating status reports to personnel and the public?

Question

Options

• ADisaster Recovery Plan (DRP)
• BCrisis Communication Plan (CCP)
• CEmergency Response Plan (ERP)
• DCyber Incident Response Plan (CIRP)

• A
  15% (4)
• B
  74% (20)
• C
  7% (2)
• D
  4% (1)

Explanation

A Crisis Communication Plan (CCP) is specifically designed to manage how information flows during a crisis - its core function is defining who communicates what, to whom, and when, including status reports distributed to both internal personnel and the general public.

The distractors fail because they focus on different objectives: a DRP addresses restoring IT systems and business operations after a disaster, not public messaging; an ERP covers immediate response actions (evacuation, containment, first responders) rather than communication strategy; and a CIRP is scoped to technical response and remediation of cybersecurity incidents, not stakeholder or public communications.

Memory tip: Think of the word "Crisis Communication" - if the plan has "Communication" in the name, it handles communicating during a crisis. When you see questions about status reports, press releases, or informing stakeholders, the word "communication" is your signal.

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