Library staff sit in a conference room, talk through a flood scenario, and do not move or fail over any system. Which exercise is that?
Select an answer to reveal the explanation.
Short Explanation
You talked through the flood in the conference room and moved no systems, so you completed a tabletop exercise. A validation test would fail over to recovery, a hot-site cutover would start serving patrons from standby, and a packet capture would record live frames—none happened here.
Full Explanation
A tabletop exercise walks participants through a scenario in a room so they can practice decisions, roles, and communication. You discussed a flood and moved no systems, so this is a tabletop exercise: no failover occurs and no traffic shifts, while the discussion can reveal gaps in the plan before a real event. A validation test actually fails production over to the recovery site and checks that the recovery works; talking through the scenario does not provide that proof. A hot-site cutover starts serving patrons from the standby data center, an operational change that did not happen in the conference room. A packet capture records live frames from a network link for analysis, such as investigating which link a flood took down. No live frames were captured here, and discussing the flood does not make the meeting a packet capture. Exam caveat: a tabletop can be a required step in a continuity program, but it does not replace a later test that actually fails production over; passing the discussion does not prove the recovery site will work. Practical check: record attendance, decisions, and gaps from the meeting, then schedule a separate validation test if you still need proof that systems can move to recovery.