Which of the following application should an IS auditor consider to be the HIGHEST priority when reviewing disaster recovery planning (DRP) tests for an e-commerce company?

The correct answer is A. An application for financial management. For an e-commerce company, the financial management application is the highest-priority system for DRP testing because it directly handles revenue, transactions, payments, and financial reporting. Loss or corruption of this system has the most immediate and severe business…

Submitted by yuki_2020· Apr 18, 2026Information Systems Operations and Business Resilience

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Options

AAn application for financial management
BAn application for traffic load balancing
CAn application for IT performance monitoring
DAn application for HR management

How the community answered

(18 responses)

A
83% (15)
B
11% (2)
D
6% (1)

Explanation

For an e-commerce company, the financial management application is the highest-priority system for DRP testing because it directly handles revenue, transactions, payments, and financial reporting. Loss or corruption of this system has the most immediate and severe business impact, including regulatory consequences and direct revenue loss. Traffic load balancing (B) is infrastructure that supports availability but is not the core business system. IT performance monitoring (C) is a support tool. HR management (D), while important, does not drive the core revenue-generating operations of an e-commerce business.

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#DRP Testing#Business Impact Analysis#Application Prioritization#Critical Applications

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