Free APSCP Practice Questions

Question 1

A recovery test uses 14:10 as the interruption time for an emergency housing placement service. Its two-hour recovery time objective (RTO) ends when new placements can be processed at the required rate; its recovery point objective (RPO) allows 30 minutes of data loss. At 15:25, processing reaches that rate using valid data through 13:20. A 13:55 replica fails integrity checks, and no later transactions can be recovered. All times are on the same day. How should the result be recorded?

Accepted Answer

The RTO was met, but the RPO was missed.

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Neither the RTO nor the RPO was met.

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Both the RTO and the RPO were met.

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The RPO was met, but the RTO was missed.

Question 2

Municipal offices remain safe and open, but the electronic system for emergency road-use permits is unavailable. A tested paper procedure preserves required approvals, decision records, turnaround, and processing capacity. The continuity coordinator is authorized to activate it. IT expects the outage to last until tomorrow; other services are unaffected. Select the appropriate scope of activation.

Accepted Answer

Use the paper procedure for permit work while other services continue normally.

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Relocate every department so the agency can operate from a single alternate facility.

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Suspend permit decisions until the agency head declares an organization-wide emergency.

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Transfer permit decisions to another jurisdiction rather than authorize paper-based operations.

Question 3

A county purchases dispatch connectivity from two carriers. Separate failover tests succeed when either carrier is disconnected. During nearby road excavation, however, both connections fail together. The dispatch center retains power, and both carriers report that their regional networks are operating. Before crediting the two contracts as independent protection, which dependency deserves investigation first?

Accepted Answer

A shared physical route for the carriers' connections to the dispatch center.

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The generator's ability to power both carrier interfaces during a utility outage.

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The capacity of each contracted connection relative to peak dispatch traffic.

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The router's switching sequence when only one carrier connection is unavailable.

Question 4

At 10:00, a city spokesperson confirms that the downtown service counter is closed and that the annex is already accepting emergency applications. The cause and reopening time remain unverified. A public update is scheduled for noon, and a reporter asks what residents should do now. Choose the statement the spokesperson can support.

Accepted Answer

The downtown counter is closed. Emergency applications are accepted at the annex. Reopening is unconfirmed; our next update is at noon.

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A power failure closed the downtown counter. Emergency applications go to the annex. Our next update is at noon.

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The downtown counter is closed. Emergency applications are accepted at the annex. Repairs should be complete by noon, when we will update residents.

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The downtown counter is closed. We will announce alternative arrangements after the cause is confirmed; residents should await our update at noon.

Question 5

An impact assessment has established that emergency shelter referrals must resume within 90 minutes. Before selecting a recovery strategy, a planner needs to trace where referral data originate, who can authorize a placement, and which systems and partner organizations each step requires. This work calls for:

Accepted Answer

A business process analysis of the referral function.

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A risk assessment of referral service threats.

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A recovery capability test of the proposed referral system.

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A business impact analysis of progressively longer referral outages.

Question 6

A hazardous release outside a government building contaminates the usual evacuation route. The incident commander directs occupants to shelter inside, and the building's designated shelter areas remain suitable. The continuity plan also lists an alternate office across town, but reaching it would require travel through the affected area. In these conditions, the immediate instruction should be to:

Accepted Answer

Move to the designated interior shelter areas and account for everyone.

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Release employees to travel home so fewer people remain inside the building.

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Send essential staff to the alternate office before the roads become busier.

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Use the fire-drill assembly point so supervisors can complete a headcount.

Question 7

An agency director is managing the emergency response and remains in office. An effective written delegation permits the administrative officer to approve emergency facility rentals up to $40,000 without the director's countersignature. A $28,000 rental is needed, and all other purchasing conditions have been satisfied. Which statement correctly describes the administrative officer's authority?

Accepted Answer

The officer may approve the rental under the existing delegation.

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The officer must obtain the director's countersignature while the director remains in office.

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The officer may approve the rental and exercise the director's other reserved powers.

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The officer must first become acting director.

Question 8

A continuity dashboard must show the share of the agency's entire mission-essential function (MEF) inventory demonstrated to meet recovery time, data-loss, and minimum-capacity requirements. The inventory contains 12 MEFs; ten were exercised. Eight resumed within their recovery time objectives, but two of those eight exceeded their data-loss limits. The other six met all three requirements. What is the demonstrated coverage of the complete inventory?

Accepted Answer

50%: six fully demonstrated functions out of the 12 required functions.

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60%: six fully demonstrated functions out of the ten exercised functions.

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83.3%: ten exercised functions out of the 12 required functions.

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80%: eight timely recoveries out of the ten exercised functions.

Question 9

A federal agency has several validated mission-essential functions. What additional relationship distinguishes a primary mission-essential function (PMEF)?

Accepted Answer

It supports the performance of one or more National Essential Functions.

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Its interruption has consequences that require priority over the agency's deferrable work.

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It has the agency's shortest recovery time objective.

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It enables several organizational units to carry out their essential work during an interruption.

Question 10

Department managers have completed plan briefings and notification drills. They now need to operate their coordination center under timed, simulated disruptions: receive requests, resolve competing resource demands, issue decisions, and record handoffs using their working procedures. Field crews must remain available for actual calls rather than deploy for the exercise. This objective is best matched to a:

Accepted Answer

Functional exercise with simulated field activity.

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Full-scale exercise with coordinated field deployment.

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Drill limited to one resource-request procedure.

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Tabletop exercise with facilitated policy discussion.

Free APSCP Practice Questions

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Domain 4: Emergency Preparedness and Management

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Domain 6: Tests, Training and Exercises (TT and E)

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Domain 8: Crisis Communications

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Domain 10: Continuity Planning

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