Data Backup and Disaster Recovery CSCU Practice Questions (Page 8)

Questions 36–40

1. 36application · medium

   A retail company's point-of-sale system is down after a fire destroyed the main office. The company has an off-site backup of the system and a pre-arranged agreement with a vendor to provide temporary hardware within 24 hours. The company's business continuity plan states that the system must be operational within 24 hours of a disaster. What is the most important factor in ensuring this plan succeeds?

   • AThe off-site backup is current and has been tested for restorability
   • BThe temporary hardware vendor is located in the same city
   • CThe backup is encrypted to protect customer data
   • DThe backup is stored on the same type of media as the original system
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2. 37foundation · easy

   A company decides to keep daily backups for 30 days and monthly backups for 12 months. What is this practice called?

   • ABackup rotation
   • BRetention policy
   • CData classification
   • DDisaster recovery plan
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4. 38foundation · easy

   What is the first step in the process of restoring data from a backup after a system failure?

   • AFormat the hard drive
   • BDelete all current data on the system
   • CReinstall the operating system
   • DIdentify the backup that contains the data to be restored
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5. 39application · medium

   A company is developing a disaster recovery plan. The plan must ensure that critical customer data can be restored within 4 hours and that no more than 1 hour of data is lost. The company has decided to use a backup solution that performs a full backup every night and transaction log backups every 30 minutes. Which additional element is essential to include in the plan?

   • AA documented and tested procedure for restoring the full backup and applying transaction logs
   • BA monitoring system that alerts if a backup fails
   • CA second full backup stored in a different building
   • DA backup retention policy of 30 days
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6. 40foundation · easy

   What is the most important factor to consider when determining how frequently to back up a particular set of data?

   • AThe amount of storage space available on the backup medium
   • BThe criticality of the data and how much data loss is acceptable
   • CThe type of operating system installed
   • DThe speed of the computer's processor
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