What is the purpose of verifying backups after they are created?

To encrypt the backup for security

To ensure the backup data is complete and can be restored

To delete old backups automatically

To compress the backup to save storage space

What is the primary purpose of performing regular backups?

To free up disk space by removing old files

To provide real-time replication of data to a secondary site

To improve system performance by compressing files

To ensure data can be recovered after loss or corruption

An administrator has a backup archive that was created with tar and compressed with bzip2. The administrator needs to verify the integrity of the archive before restoring it. Which command sequence is most appropriate?

bzip2 -d backup.tar.bz2 && tar -tf backup.tar

bzip2 -t backup.tar.bz2 && tar -tf backup.tar.bz2

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Backups and Restores XK0-006 Practice Questions (Page 3)

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Questions 11–15

11foundation · easy
What is the purpose of verifying backups after they are created?
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12application · medium
A company needs a backup strategy that minimizes storage usage and allows restoration to any point in time within the last week. The company performs a full backup every Sunday. Which additional backup schedule best meets this requirement?
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13foundation · easy
Which command creates an archive file from a directory while preserving the directory structure, but does not compress the data by default?
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14foundation · easy
What is the primary purpose of performing regular backups?
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15expert · hard
An administrator has a backup archive that was created with tar and compressed with bzip2. The administrator needs to verify the integrity of the archive before restoring it. Which command sequence is most appropriate?
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Questions 11–15

What is the purpose of verifying backups after they are created?

A company needs a backup strategy that minimizes storage usage and allows restoration to any point in time within the last week. The company performs a full backup every Sunday. Which additional backup schedule best meets this requirement?

Which command creates an archive file from a directory while preserving the directory structure, but does not compress the data by default?

What is the primary purpose of performing regular backups?

An administrator has a backup archive that was created with tar and compressed with bzip2. The administrator needs to verify the integrity of the archive before restoring it. Which command sequence is most appropriate?

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