Disaster recovery questions

1. A fire service relies on computers to direct the driver of the nre engine to the fire by the quickest route. Experience suggests that a second back-up computer will be needed at a cost of £30 000, although it may never be used. Councillors making the decision on what to do are reluctant to spend the money. Advise them what to do. (8).
2. Only 60 per cent of companies in the UK have adequate disaster recovery plans’. Discuss this statement, including in your answer:
   1. why such plans are necessary
   2. the potential threats to information systems
   3. the contingency plans needed to combat these threats (12)
3. Information stored in a typical computer system is more secure than information stored in a typical manual filing system. Discuss this statement, including in your answer the threats to security to a manual filing system and those to a computer system and the ways of minimising the threats to a computer system. (12)
4. Define the term risk analysis. Explain the circumstances under which such analysis is important. (8)
5. Suggest some essential elements of a disaster recovery plan for
   1. a major high street bank (10)
   2. a small corner shop (8)
   3. your School or college administrative system (10)
6. Define the term fault tolerance computer system (2)
7. ‘Information Systems are mission critical, the consequences of failure could prove disastrous.’Discuss this statement, including in your discussion:
   1. the potential threats to the system
   2. the concept of risk analysis
   3. the corporate consequences of system failure
   4. the factors which should be considered when designing the ‘contingency plan’ to enable a recovery from disaster
   Quality of language will be assessed in this question. (20)

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