Centralized and Decentralized System Recovery EDRP Practice Questions (Page 3)

Questions 11–15

1. 11expert · hard

   A multinational corporation is designing a recovery strategy. The company has a small headquarters data center with high-capacity storage and a large number of branch offices with limited IT staff and variable network connectivity. The recovery time objective (RTO) for branch servers is 4 hours. Which approach best balances recovery speed and administrative overhead?

   • ADecentralized recovery with each branch office managing its own backups and recovery
   • BDecentralized management with backups stored only at headquarters
   • CCentralized management with local backup storage and recovery at each branch
   • DCentralized recovery from headquarters with all backups sent over the WAN
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2. 12application · medium

   A regional bank with 40 branch offices, each running identical Windows servers and storage arrays, needs to implement a recovery solution. The IT team is small and has limited expertise in disaster recovery. The bank's recovery time objective (RTO) is 4 hours, and the WAN links between branches are low-bandwidth but reliable. Which recovery architecture best fits this environment?

   • ACentralized recovery with each branch shipping physical backup tapes to the head office weekly
   • BDecentralized recovery using cloud-based backup agents at each branch, with each branch responsible for initiating its own restores
   • CCentralized recovery managed from the head office, with backup data replicated over the WAN to a central recovery site
   • DDecentralized recovery with each branch maintaining its own backup tapes and a local recovery runbook
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4. 13foundation · easy

   In which scenario is decentralized system recovery most appropriate?

   • AA single-site company with a small number of servers and a centralized IT team
   • BAn organization with a single data center and a strong central IT governance model
   • CA small business with uniform hardware and software across all systems
   • DA large enterprise with offices in multiple countries and diverse IT environments
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5. 14expert · hard

   A government agency has offices in multiple states, each with its own IT staff and data center. The agency's recovery time objectives (RTOs) vary by office, with some requiring 4 hours and others 24 hours. The agency is considering a decentralized recovery approach. Which factor is most important to standardize across all offices to ensure consistent recovery capability?

   • AThe same backup software vendor and version
   • BThe same hardware platform for all backup servers
   • CThe same recovery time objective (RTO) for all offices
   • DA common recovery plan template that each office adapts to its specific environment
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6. 15application · medium

   An organization is comparing centralized and decentralized recovery architectures. The organization has a mix of critical systems that require rapid recovery and less-critical systems that can tolerate longer downtime. The IT team is centralized and has limited staff. Which statement accurately reflects a trade-off between the two approaches?

   • ACentralized recovery is easier to manage but creates a single point of failure, while decentralized recovery is more fault-tolerant but harder to manage
   • BCentralized recovery offers better fault tolerance because a single point of failure is easier to protect
   • CDecentralized recovery is always cheaper because it uses existing local storage
   • DDecentralized recovery reduces management complexity because each site manages its own backups
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