All of the following items should be included in a Business Impact Analysis (BIA) Question:naire EXCEPT Question:s that

Question

Options

• Adetermine the risk of a business interruption occurring
• Bdetermine the technological dependence of the business processes
• CIdentify the operational impacts of a business interruption
• DIdentify the financial impacts of a business interruption

• A
  16% (6)
• B
  74% (28)
• C
  8% (3)
• D
  3% (1)

Explanation

Note: There appears to be an error in the provided answer key. Based on standard BIA doctrine, the correct answer is A, not B.

A BIA questionnaire is designed to analyze the consequences of a business interruption - not to assess the probability or risk of one occurring. Determining whether an interruption is likely to happen is the job of a Risk Assessment, a separate process that precedes the BIA. Options C (operational impacts) and D (financial impacts) are core BIA outputs - the questionnaire must capture both. Option B (technological dependencies) is also a legitimate BIA component, since understanding which systems each process relies on is essential for calculating recovery requirements.

Memory tip: Think of BIA as answering "What happens if we go down?" - not "How likely are we to go down?" Likelihood/probability = Risk Assessment; Impact/consequence = BIA. If a question is about risk of occurrence, it belongs in Risk Assessment, not BIA.

Summary table:

If your source material marks B as correct, I'd recommend verifying against your study guide - this may be a transcription error in the question.

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