Explain Various Cloud-Based Data Protection Types DATA-PROTECTION-MANAGEMENT-FOUNDATIONS Practice Questions (Page 4)

Questions 16–20

1. 16application · medium

   A startup with a small IT team runs its applications on cloud VMs. They want to protect their data without hiring dedicated backup administrators or purchasing backup software licenses. They need daily backups with 30-day retention and the ability to restore individual files quickly. Which approach best fits their needs?

   • ADisaster Recovery as a Service (DRaaS) with full-site replication
   • BManual snapshots taken by the IT team
   • CBackup as a Service (BaaS) from a cloud provider
   • DCloud archiving with monthly snapshots
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2. 17application · medium

   A mid-sized company runs its core ERP on-premises and wants to eliminate the cost and complexity of maintaining a secondary data center for failover. They need to be able to resume operations within 15 minutes of a site outage, but they are willing to accept up to 30 minutes of data loss. Which cloud-based data protection approach best meets these requirements?

   • ABackup as a Service (BaaS) with daily backups to the cloud
   • BDisaster Recovery as a Service (DRaaS) with continuous replication
   • CA second on-premises backup server with off-site tapes
   • DCloud archiving with quarterly snapshots
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4. 18expert · hard

   A company has a critical application with an RTO of 1 hour and an RPO of 15 minutes. They are considering two options: BaaS with 15-minute backup intervals, and DRaaS with 15-minute replication. Both meet the RPO, but the BaaS option is significantly cheaper. Which factor should most influence their decision?

   • AThe geographic location of the backup data
   • BThe number of users accessing the application
   • CThe storage cost of the backups
   • DThe time required to restore the application from backups versus activating a DRaaS replica
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5. 19foundation · easy

   Which data type is most appropriate for cloud-based archiving?

   • AVirtual machine snapshots for disaster recovery
   • BTransactional database backups from the last 24 hours
   • CEmails from employees that are subject to a legal hold
   • DLog files that are overwritten every week
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6. 20expert · hard

   A company is evaluating DRaaS providers. Provider A offers a 1-hour RTO with manual failover, and Provider B offers a 15-minute RTO with automated failover but at a higher cost. The company's application can tolerate up to 30 minutes of downtime. Which provider should they choose?

   • AProvider A, because it meets the RTO and is cheaper
   • BProvider B, because it meets the RTO with automated failover
   • CNeither provider, because DRaaS cannot guarantee RTOs
   • DEither provider, because both can meet the RTO
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