Joe, the system administrator, has been asked to calculate the Annual Loss Expectancy (ALE) for
a $5,000 server, which often crashes. In the past year, the server has crashed 10 times, requiring
a system reboot to recover with only 10% loss of data or function. Which of the following is the
ALE of this server?
A.
$500
B.
$5,000
C.
$25,000
D.
$50,000
Explanation:
5000*.10=500
500*10 crashes=5000Lpyr or L/yr
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How many of these questions were on the Security+?