When determining an optimal backup schedule, which factor is most important to consider?

The number of backup administrators

The brand of the backup software

What is the purpose of a tape rotation scheme, such as the Grandfather-Father-Son (GFS) method?

To systematically reuse backup media while retaining multiple generations of backups

To verify that backup data is restorable

To encrypt backup data to prevent unauthorized access

To compress backup data to reduce storage requirements

A university has multiple departments, each managing its own file servers and backup software. The central IT team wants to improve recoverability without forcing departments to change their daily operations. Which backup topology should the central IT team recommend?

Cloud-only backup topology with all data replicated to a single cloud provider

Decentralized backup topology where each department continues to manage its own backups

Centralized backup topology with all backups managed by central IT

Hybrid backup topology with central monitoring and departmental execution

An e-commerce company has a transactional database with a high change rate during business hours (8 AM–8 PM). The RPO is 15 minutes and the RTO is 2 hours. The database is backed up using a combination of full, differential, and transaction log backups. Which backup schedule best meets the RPO while minimizing the backup window during peak hours?

Full backup every 4 hours, no log backups

Full backup nightly at 2 AM, differential every 6 hours, log backup every 15 minutes

Full backup daily at noon, log backup every hour

Differential backup every 15 minutes, no log backups

EC-CouncilDisaster Recovery Professional

Domain 4Objective 1

Data Backup Strategies EDRP Practice Questions (Page 1)

Part of the Data Backup and Recovery Strategies domain, which makes up ~17% of our current practice bank. EC-Council does not publish an official question count, but from its 240-minute exam (~95–160 total, ~16–27 in this domain), expect 8–14 from this objective — we provide 44 practice questions to prepare you well beyond it. (estimate)

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1foundation · easy
Which backup type copies all selected data every time it runs, regardless of whether the data has changed since the last backup?
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2foundation · easy
When determining an optimal backup schedule, which factor is most important to consider?
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3foundation · easy
What is the purpose of a tape rotation scheme, such as the Grandfather-Father-Son (GFS) method?
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4application · medium
A university has multiple departments, each managing its own file servers and backup software. The central IT team wants to improve recoverability without forcing departments to change their daily operations. Which backup topology should the central IT team recommend?
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5application · medium
An e-commerce company has a transactional database with a high change rate during business hours (8 AM–8 PM). The RPO is 15 minutes and the RTO is 2 hours. The database is backed up using a combination of full, differential, and transaction log backups. Which backup schedule best meets the RPO while minimizing the backup window during peak hours?
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