Which role maintains mission even in the event of an emergency or an outage?

• A. Continuity of Operations (COOP)
• B. MECM and ARAD
• C. Wireshark
• D. DSO

Answer: (A)

This question tests how an organization preserves mission capability during emergencies or outages. Continuity of Operations, or COOP, focuses on keeping essential functions running when normal systems fail. It involves identifying mission-critical tasks, establishing alternate facilities and communication methods, ensuring key personnel can carry out those tasks, safeguarding data and resources, and regularly exercising the plan so responses are swift and effective. Because COOP is specifically centered on maintaining the mission under disruption, it best fits the scenario. The other options relate to IT management, a network analysis tool, and a role that isn’t about continuity planning, so they don’t address sustaining operations during an outage.