(ISC)2 CISSP-ISSAP Exam You are advising a school district on disaster recovery plans. In case a disaster affects the main IT centers for the district they will need to be able to work from an alterna

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Options

• AWarm site
• BCold site
• COff site
• DHot site

• A
  4% (2)
• B
  83% (38)
• C
  2% (1)
• D
  11% (5)

Explanation

Cold site is correct because it is the least expensive disaster recovery option, making it ideal for a budget-constrained school district. A cold site provides only the basic physical infrastructure (power, HVAC, network connectivity) with no pre-installed hardware or data - the organization supplies and configures its own equipment after a disaster, which takes longer but costs far less.

Why the distractors are wrong:

• A. Warm site - includes some pre-installed hardware and partial configurations, making it faster to activate than a cold site but significantly more expensive, which conflicts with the budget constraint.
• C. Off site - is not a formal DR site classification; it simply means "not at the primary location" and doesn't specify any level of readiness or cost tier.
• D. Hot site - is a fully mirrored, always-ready duplicate of the primary environment that can fail over within minutes or hours. It is the most expensive option and inappropriate for a budget-limited school district.

Memory tip: Think of site temperature as a cost-speed trade-off - Hot = high cost, near-instant recovery; Warm = moderate cost, hours-to-days recovery; Cold = low cost, days-to-weeks recovery. Schools can tolerate slower recovery times, so they buy the "coldest" option their budget allows.

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