Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery in Cloud CCSE Practice Questions (Page 1)

Questions 1–5

1. 1application · medium

   A multinational company stores customer data in a cloud region in the United States. The company has customers in the European Union and must comply with GDPR data residency requirements. The BCDR plan includes replicating backups to a secondary region. Which action is required to maintain compliance?

   • AEncrypt all backups with customer-managed keys.
   • BChoose a secondary region within the EU for backup replication.
   • CDelete all backups after 30 days to minimize data exposure.
   • DObtain explicit consent from each customer before replicating data.
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2. 2foundation · easy

   What is a best practice for cloud data backup and restoration?

   • AStore backups in the same region as the primary data to ensure low latency
   • BUse manual backup processes to avoid automation errors
   • CKeep only the latest backup to reduce storage costs
   • DTest backup restoration regularly to ensure data can be recovered when needed
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4. 3application · medium

   An e-commerce platform runs a web application on virtual machines in a single availability zone. The company wants to protect against a zone failure while minimizing cost. Which architecture best achieves high availability for the application?

   • AIncrease the VM size and enable automatic scaling within the same zone.
   • BUse a single VM with a larger disk and enable backups.
   • CDeploy identical VM instances in two availability zones behind a load balancer.
   • DPlace VMs in a proximity placement group in the same zone.
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5. 4application · medium

   A startup runs a non-critical internal wiki that can tolerate up to 24 hours of downtime and 12 hours of data loss. The budget is very limited. Which disaster recovery site strategy is most appropriate?

   • AA hot site with synchronous replication and automated failover.
   • BNo DR plan because the wiki is non-critical.
   • CA warm site with pre-provisioned VMs and hourly replication.
   • DA cold site with daily backups and manual restoration.
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6. 5expert · hard

   A company needs to back up a database that is subject to a compliance requirement that backups be retained for 7 years. The database is large, and the company wants to minimize backup storage costs. Which backup strategy should the company use?

   • ATake a single full backup and store it for 7 years.
   • BTake daily full backups and store them in a low-cost archive storage tier for 7 years.
   • CTake weekly full backups and daily incremental backups, and store them in a low-cost storage tier for 7 years.
   • DUse continuous replication and store the replicated copy for 7 years.
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