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For the Unit III Case Study please read the Opening Case Scenario: Panicking over Powder, which is found on page 90 of your textbook, and the Closing Case Scenario: Disaster Denied, which is on page 129. Once you have read and reviewed both case scenarios, address the following issues:

1. What other crises or catastrophes can happen in a mailroom that could prompt an emergency procedure like the one illustrated here?

2. What goals should be included when planning for the resumption of critical business functions at an alternate site for four weeks? What would be different if the planning horizon were 30 weeks instead?

3. Describe the impact to data and applications along with recovery efforts at alternate sites for business resumption. to data and applications along with recovery efforts at alternate sites for business resumption.

4. When the organization makes a plan like the one described here, what parts of the plan should be from the contingency planning management team (CPMT) and what parts should come from the subject area experts?

Your response should be a minimum of 700 words length. You are required to use at least your textbook as source material for your response. All sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations.