Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery in Cloud CCSE Practice Questions (Page 2)

Questions 6–10

1. 6application · medium

   A company has a disaster recovery site that is pre-configured with the necessary infrastructure and software, but the data is replicated every 6 hours. The company's RPO is 4 hours and its RTO is 8 hours. Which type of disaster recovery site is this, and does it meet the company's requirements?

   • AWarm site; it meets both the RPO and RTO.
   • BWarm site; it does not meet the RPO because replication is every 6 hours.
   • CHot site; it meets both the RPO and RTO.
   • DCold site; it meets the RTO but not the RPO.
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2. 7application · medium

   A company needs to back up a large database that is used continuously. The backup must not impact database performance, and the company must be able to restore to a point within the last 5 minutes. Which backup approach should the company use?

   • AUse continuous database replication to a standby instance and take periodic snapshots for long-term retention.
   • BUse a backup agent that compresses data and sends it to a cold storage tier daily.
   • CTake a snapshot of the database every hour and store it in the same region.
   • DPerform a full backup of the database every night during off-peak hours.
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4. 8application · medium

   A company runs a web application on VMs in a single region. The application is stateless and can scale horizontally. The company wants to protect against a regional outage with minimal cost. Which architecture is most cost-effective while meeting the requirement?

   • ADeploy a minimal set of VMs in a secondary region and scale up only during a disaster.
   • BUse a single region with multiple availability zones and no secondary region.
   • CRun full production capacity in two regions with active-active load balancing.
   • DKeep backups in a secondary region and restore when needed.
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5. 9application · medium

   A company stores sensitive customer data in a cloud object storage bucket. The company must be able to restore the data to a point no older than 30 minutes in case of accidental deletion or corruption. The data is subject to a compliance requirement that backups must be stored in a geographically separate location. Which backup strategy should the company use?

   • ATake a manual snapshot of the bucket every 24 hours and store it in the same region.
   • BEnable versioning on the bucket and configure cross-region replication to a bucket in another region.
   • CUse a lifecycle policy to transition objects to archive storage after 30 days.
   • DEnable cross-region replication but disable versioning to reduce storage costs.
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6. 10application · medium

   A startup is moving its application to the cloud and wants to ensure it can recover from a major incident. The startup has a small team and limited budget. The application is a web service with a database. The startup's leadership asks what the first step should be in developing a cloud BCDR plan. What should the startup do first?

   • AHire a dedicated disaster recovery manager.
   • BPurchase a hot standby environment in a second region immediately.
   • CDefine the recovery time objective and recovery point objective for the application.
   • DEnable daily backups of the database and hope they are sufficient.
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