Data Backup and Disaster Recovery CSCU Practice Questions (Page 3)

Questions 11–15

1. 11expert · hard

   A hospital's electronic health record system must be available within 30 minutes of a failure, and the hospital can tolerate at most 5 minutes of data loss. The current backup solution is a nightly full backup with transaction log backups every 10 minutes. The IT director is considering a new solution. Which option best meets the RTO and RPO requirements?

   • AA daily differential backup stored in a different geographic region
   • BA synchronous replication solution to a standby server in the same data center
   • CA nightly full backup with transaction log backups every 5 minutes
   • DAn asynchronous replication solution to a cloud server with a 10-minute lag
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2. 12expert · medium

   A company's backup administrator has been performing backups for months but has never tested a restore. A critical server fails, and the administrator attempts to restore from the latest backup. The restore fails because the backup software cannot read the backup media. What is the most likely cause of this failure?

   • AThe backup media was not stored off-site.
   • BThe backup media has degraded or become corrupted, and the lack of restore testing meant the problem was never detected.
   • CThe backup was performed during peak hours, causing errors.
   • DThe backup software was not configured to encrypt the backup.
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4. 13application · medium

   A law firm has a document management system containing case files. The firm's partners require that no more than 15 minutes of work can be lost if the system fails. The IT administrator is designing the backup schedule. Which backup frequency and method combination best meets this requirement?

   • AContinuous backup to a cloud service that captures changes in near real time
   • BFull backup every Monday and store the backup tape off-site
   • CFull backup every night and differential backup every hour
   • DFull backup every week and incremental backup every day
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5. 14foundation · easy

   How do backup and disaster recovery strategies directly support business continuity?

   • ABy guaranteeing that no downtime will ever occur
   • BBy reducing the cost of hardware purchases
   • CBy ensuring that critical data and systems can be restored quickly after a disruption
   • DBy eliminating the need for cybersecurity measures
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6. 15expert · hard

   A manufacturing company has a mix of data: engineering CAD files that change frequently, and archived production records that are rarely accessed but must be retained for 7 years. The company has a limited backup window and storage budget. Which backup strategy best balances these needs?

   • AUse tape backups for CAD files and cloud backups for production records
   • BUse continuous backup for the CAD files and periodic archival to cold storage for the production records
   • CUse the same nightly full backup for both CAD files and production records
   • DUse incremental backups for CAD files and full backups for production records every night
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