Explain Various Cloud-Based Data Protection Types DATA-PROTECTION-MANAGEMENT-FOUNDATIONS Practice Questions (Page 3)

Questions 11–15

1. 11expert · hard

   A healthcare provider must retain patient records for 10 years for compliance, but also needs to recover accidentally deleted records from the last 30 days. They have a limited budget and want to avoid managing multiple backup tools. Which approach best balances cost and compliance?

   • AUse Disaster Recovery as a Service for both retention and recovery
   • BUse Backup as a Service with 10-year retention
   • CUse cloud archiving for 10-year retention and Backup as a Service for 30-day recovery
   • DUse cloud archiving only, with daily snapshots
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2. 12application · medium

   A university must retain student transcripts for 50 years. These records are rarely accessed but must be available if a graduate requests a copy. The university wants to minimize storage costs and ensure the records are not accidentally modified. Which cloud-based data protection type is most appropriate?

   • ABackup as a Service with daily backups
   • BCloud archiving with write-once, read-many (WORM) storage
   • CA local file server with manual backups
   • DDisaster Recovery as a Service with continuous replication
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4. 13foundation · easy

   What is the primary purpose of cloud-based archiving?

   • ATo replicate data to a secondary site for failover
   • BTo store inactive data for long-term retention and compliance
   • CTo provide rapid recovery of systems after a disaster
   • DTo create point-in-time copies for quick file restoration
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5. 14application · medium

   A financial services firm must ensure that its trading platform can fail over to a cloud environment within 5 minutes of a primary site failure, with no more than 1 minute of data loss. The firm already has a backup solution in place for daily recovery. Which additional cloud-based data protection service should they implement?

   • ADisaster Recovery as a Service (DRaaS) with synchronous replication
   • BA second on-premises backup appliance
   • CBackup as a Service with continuous backup
   • DCloud archiving with hourly snapshots
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6. 15expert · hard

   A company has a critical application with an RTO of 15 minutes and an RPO of 1 minute. They are evaluating DRaaS options. One provider offers asynchronous replication with an RPO of 5 minutes, and another offers synchronous replication with an RPO of 0 minutes but at twice the cost. Which option should they choose?

   • ANeither option, because DRaaS cannot meet such strict RPOs
   • BSynchronous replication, because it meets the RPO requirement
   • CAsynchronous replication, because it is cheaper
   • DEither option, because both can meet the RTO
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