Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery in Cloud CCSE Practice Questions (Page 4)

Questions 16–20

1. 16application · medium

   A company is moving its on-premises ERP system to the cloud. The system is critical for daily operations, and the company wants to ensure it can continue operating during a regional outage. The management asks for a plan that includes both preventive measures and recovery procedures. Which combination of activities best represents a comprehensive BCDR approach?

   • APurchase additional compute capacity in the same region to handle failover.
   • BPerform daily backups and store them in a different region.
   • CCreate a business continuity plan that only covers communication and employee safety.
   • DDeploy the ERP across multiple availability zones and create a documented runbook for failover to a secondary region.
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2. 17foundation · easy

   What is the purpose of deploying cloud resources across multiple availability zones?

   • ATo simplify network configuration
   • BTo increase the risk of a single point of failure
   • CTo ensure that a failure in one zone does not affect the entire application
   • DTo reduce the need for data backup
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4. 18expert · hard

   A company is migrating its on-premises infrastructure to the cloud. The current disaster recovery plan relies on a secondary on-premises data center. The company wants to reduce costs and improve recovery capabilities. Which of the following is a key consideration when moving BCDR to the cloud?

   • AMoving to the cloud guarantees faster recovery than on-premises because of better hardware.
   • BThe cloud eliminates the need for backups because data is replicated automatically.
   • CThe cloud provider is responsible for all aspects of disaster recovery, so the company does not need a plan.
   • DThe company can use cloud regions as disaster recovery sites, but must still define RTO and RPO and test the plan.
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5. 19foundation · easy

   Which cloud BCDR strategy involves copying data to a secondary location and then switching operations to that location only when the primary site fails?

   • AFailback
   • BFailover
   • CBackup
   • DReplication
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6. 20foundation · easy

   Which redundancy approach provides the highest level of availability in a cloud environment?

   • ARelying on the cloud provider's default settings
   • BDeploying resources across multiple regions
   • CUsing a single virtual machine with a large instance type
   • DDeploying resources in a single availability zone
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