Disasters can happen anywhere at any time; implementing back-up systems will minimize the impact of sudden disasters.

• A. True
• B. False
• C. It eliminates all risk
• D. It increases risk

Answer: (B)

Backups are essential for protecting data and speeding recovery after a disaster, so they help reduce potential data loss and downtime. But the claim is too absolute: backups cannot guarantee minimal impact in every disaster. Disasters can damage backup media, disrupt restore processes, or encrypt/destroy backup copies. Restore time and recovery point objectives (RTO and RPO) vary, and if data wasn’t backed up recently enough or if the backup chain is compromised, impact can still be significant. To truly minimize impact, backups must be part of a broader disaster recovery plan with regular testing, offsite or immutable backups, and clearly defined RPO/RTO.