CL 2: Intermediate (BC)

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Certification Model CL 2

1. At the intermediate level of the Competency Level (CL), we have, for the Business Continuity Professional, the BC Certified Specialist. Again, the examination format is 100 multiple choice questions with no deduction for incorrect answers. The duration for either the examination will be two and a half hours from the start of the exam.


Competency Level
1. CL 1: Foundation
2. CL 2: Intermediate (BC)
3. CL 3: Advanced (BC)
4. CL 4: Intermediate (DR)
5. CL 5: Advanced (DR)
6. CL 6: Intermediate (BCM Audit)
7. CL 7: Advanced (BCM Audit)









(Source: Business Continuity Management Institute - BCM Institute)


This document is a summary of the terms on Competency Level 2 of the BCM Body of Knowledge used during the preparation of the Business Continuity Certified Specialist examination.

Instructions to Candidate

Candidates siting for the examination are strongly advised to be versed with the terminologies from this page and also from:

CL2: Foundation with BCMBoK 2-4

BCMBoK 2 Definitions
1. Annualised Loss Exposure or Expectancy (ALE)
2. Asset
3. Quantification
4. Residual Risk
5. Risk Acceptance
6. Risk Analysis
7. Risk Avoidance
8. Risk Criteria
9. Risk Evaluation
10. Risk Management
11. Risk Mitigation
12. Risk Reduction
13. Risk Transference
14. Risk Treatment
BCMBoK 3 Definitions
1. Classification of Systems
2. Critical Applications
3. Critical Business Functions (CBF)
4. Inter-dependencies
5. Major Application
6. Maximum Tolerable Downtime (MTD)
7. Quantification
BCMBoK 4 Definitions
1. Alternate Site
2. Availability
3. Backup
4. Backup Facility
5. Backup Strategy
6. Commercial Cold Site
7. Continuity of Support Plan
8. Dedicated Site
9. Downtime
10. Offsite Backups
11. Offsite Storage
12. Primary Site
13. Service Bureaus
14. Standby


















CL2: Foundation with BCMBoK 5-6

BCMBoK 5 Definitions
1. Activation
2. Alert
3. Assembly Area
4. Command Centre
5. Damage Assessment Team
6. Disaster Declaration
7. Disaster Declaration Officer
8. Disaster Declaration Threshold
9. Disaster Recovery Planning (DRP) Team
10. Disaster Recovery Team
11. Emergency Operations Center (EOC)
12. Escalation
13. Evacuation
14. Incident Management
15. Salvage Team
16. Service Level Agreement
BCMBoK 6 Definitions
1. Component Test
2. Integrated Test
3. Simulation
4. Test - Structured Walkthrough
5. Test - Table-top
6. Test Schedule
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