The MOST significant level of effort for business continuity planning (BCP) generally is required during the:

A. testing stage.

B. evaluation stage.

C. maintenance stage.

D. early stages of planning.

Explanation:

Company.com in the early stages of a BCP will incur the most significant level of program development effort, which will level out as the BCP moves into maintenance, testing and evaluation stages. It is during the planning stage that an IS auditor will play an important role in obtaining senior managements commitment to resources and assignment of BCP responsibilities.