Exam CISM topic 1 question 75 discussion

C. give the business a measure of the organization's overall readiness.

"The primary purpose of SCENARIO" is what pointed me to B. If it was less direct and more vague asking, for example, "the primary purpose of the tabletop exercise", then C would make more sense.

The PRIMARY purpose of the scenario in a tabletop test plan for incident response testing is B. provide participants with situations to ensure understanding of their roles. Tabletop exercises are a valuable tool for testing an organization's incident response plan and ensuring that team members understand their roles and responsibilities. By walking through hypothetical incident scenarios, participants can practice their communication, coordination, and decision-making skills under simulated pressure.

Tabletop exercises are used to clarify roles and responsibilities and to identify additional campus mitigation and preparedness needs. Answer is B

While all the options are relevant to incident response testing, the primary goal of a tabletop exercise is to assess and improve the organization's overall readiness to respond to incidents. The scenario should simulate a realistic incident to evaluate how well the incident response team and other stakeholders can effectively respond, communicate, and coordinate actions in a controlled environment. This helps identify strengths, weaknesses, and areas for improvement in the incident response plan and procedures. The exercise can also provide participants with situations to ensure understanding of their roles (Option B) and challenge the incident response team to solve the problem under pressure (Option D), but the overarching goal is to assess the organization's readiness and improve its ability to respond effectively to incidents.

B. provide participants with situations to ensure understanding of their roles.