Which choices below are valid reasons for testing the
disaster recovery plan? Select three

A.
Testing verifies the accuracy of the recovery procedures.

B.
Testing identifies deficiencies within the recovery procedures.

C.
Testing provides the contingency planner with recent documentation.

D.
Testing prepares the personnel to properly execute their emergency
duties.

Explanation:
The corre answers are all excellent reasons for testing a disaster
recovery plan. Until a disaster recovery plan has been tested thoroughly,
no plan can be considered complete. Since the functionality of the plan
directly determines the ability of an organization to survive a business
interrupting event, testing is the only way to have some degree of
confidence that the plan will work.
*Answer “Testing provides the contingency planner with recent documentation” is a distracter.
Source: The International Handbook of Computer Security, by Jae K. Shim, Anique A.
Qureshi, and Joel G. Siegel (The Glenlake Publishing Co. Ltd, 2000).