Backup and Disaster Recovery Strategies CSE Practice Questions (Page 3)

Questions 11–15

1. 11foundation · easy

   Which backup strategy is most appropriate for a workload with an RPO of 24 hours and an RTO of 12 hours?

   • ADaily incremental backups with a monthly full backup.
   • BWeekly full backups only.
   • CContinuous replication with automated failover.
   • DHourly snapshots with instant restore.
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2. 12application · medium

   A company backs up a large file server daily. The backup solution currently performs a full backup every Sunday and incremental backups on other days. Management wants to reduce the time needed to restore the server to Tuesday's state after a failure on Wednesday morning. Which change would most directly reduce restore time while keeping backup size reasonable?

   • ASwitch to differential backups after the weekly full backup
   • BPerform a full backup every day
   • CKeep the incremental schedule but increase backup frequency
   • DSwitch to incremental backups after a monthly full backup
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4. 13foundation · easy

   What is a key characteristic of object storage that makes it suitable for cloud backups?

   • AIt is only available in a single region within a cloud provider.
   • BIt requires a virtual machine to be attached before use.
   • CIt provides unlimited scalability and is accessed via HTTP APIs.
   • DIt is designed for high-performance transactional databases.
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5. 14expert · hard

   A multinational company must meet a data residency requirement that personal data of EU citizens remain stored in the EU. The company is designing a disaster recovery plan and is considering two options: (1) replicate data to a secondary region in the EU, or (2) replicate data to a region outside the EU for better geographic diversity. Which approach should the company choose?

   • AUse a single region in the EU and rely on backups stored in the same region
   • BReplicate to a region outside the EU but encrypt the data to avoid violating data residency
   • CReplicate to a region outside the EU because geographic diversity is more important for disaster recovery
   • DReplicate to a secondary region within the EU to satisfy data residency, even if it means less geographic diversity
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6. 15application · medium

   A hospital stores patient backup data in a cloud object storage bucket. The security team requires that backups be encrypted at rest and that only the backup administrator role can access the backups. Which combination of controls should be implemented?

   • AUse a pre-signed URL for all access and disable encryption
   • BEnable server-side encryption on the bucket and attach an IAM policy that grants backup access only to the backup administrator role
   • CEnable client-side encryption and make the bucket public for easy access
   • DEnable versioning and rely on bucket policies that allow all authenticated users
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