Which factor is most important to consider when designing a backup strategy?

The number of users in the organization

The brand of the backup software

The recovery point objective (RPO)

A company's backup policy states that backups must be verified regularly. An administrator is tasked with verifying that the backup of /etc can be restored. Which action best fulfills this requirement?

Check the backup file's modification time

List the contents of the backup archive

Restore the backup to a temporary directory and compare file checksums

Run a checksum on the backup file

An administrator needs to automate a nightly backup of /home/user/data to /backup/data.tar.gz. The backup must run every night at 2:00 AM. Which crontab entry accomplishes this?

0 2 * * * tar -xzf /backup/data.tar.gz /home/user/data

0 2 * * 0 tar -czf /backup/data.tar.gz /home/user/data

2 0 * * * tar -czf /backup/data.tar.gz /home/user/data

0 2 * * * tar -czf /backup/data.tar.gz /home/user/data

A company's backup policy requires that backups be stored offsite. The administrator is setting up a backup process that creates a tar archive and then transfers it to an offsite server. The administrator wants to ensure that the transfer is successful and the archive is not corrupted. Which additional step should be included?

Use a different compression tool for the transfer

Check the file size after transfer

List the contents of the archive after transfer

Calculate a checksum of the archive before and after transfer

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Backups and Restores XK0-006 Practice Questions (Page 4)

Part of the System Management domain, which accounts for 23% of the XK0-006 exam. CompTIA does not publish an official question count, but from its 90-minute exam (~35–60 total, ~8–14 in this domain), expect 1–2 from this objective — we provide 26 practice questions to prepare you well beyond it. (estimate)

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Questions 16–20

16foundation · easy
Which factor is most important to consider when designing a backup strategy?
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17application · medium
A company's backup policy states that backups must be verified regularly. An administrator is tasked with verifying that the backup of /etc can be restored. Which action best fulfills this requirement?
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18application · medium
An administrator needs to automate a nightly backup of /home/user/data to /backup/data.tar.gz. The backup must run every night at 2:00 AM. Which crontab entry accomplishes this?
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19expert · hard
A company's backup policy requires that backups be stored offsite. The administrator is setting up a backup process that creates a tar archive and then transfers it to an offsite server. The administrator wants to ensure that the transfer is successful and the archive is not corrupted. Which additional step should be included?
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20foundation · easy
Which cron schedule would run a backup script every day at 2:00 AM?
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Questions 16–20

Which factor is most important to consider when designing a backup strategy?

A company's backup policy states that backups must be verified regularly. An administrator is tasked with verifying that the backup of /etc can be restored. Which action best fulfills this requirement?

An administrator needs to automate a nightly backup of /home/user/data to /backup/data.tar.gz. The backup must run every night at 2:00 AM. Which crontab entry accomplishes this?

Which cron schedule would run a backup script every day at 2:00 AM?

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