System Recovery EDRP Practice Questions (Page 4)

Questions 16–20

1. 16expert · hard

   A large enterprise has a disaster recovery plan that includes restoring a critical application from backups. The plan has been tested successfully in a lab environment. However, during an actual disaster, the restore fails because the backup tapes are unreadable. The IT team discovers that the tapes were stored in a location that exceeded the recommended temperature range. What is the most important lesson from this incident?

   • ARecovery testing should include verifying the integrity of backup media
   • BThe backup software should be updated to support cloud storage
   • CThe RTO should be increased to allow for media failures
   • DThe runbook should include steps to handle unreadable tapes
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2. 17foundation · easy

   What is a recovery runbook?

   • AA list of all hardware assets in the organization
   • BA software tool that automatically performs recovery
   • CA documented set of procedures to follow during a recovery event
   • DA log of all backup jobs and their status
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4. 18expert · hard

   A company has a mix of physical and virtual servers. They want to automate system recovery to reduce RTO. They are considering using a backup tool that supports bare-metal restore for physical servers and VM-level backup for virtual servers. However, the tool does not support the specific hypervisor used for some VMs. What should the company do to ensure all servers can be recovered automatically?

   • AManually recover the VMs on the unsupported hypervisor
   • BReplace the unsupported hypervisor with one that is supported by the backup tool
   • CUse the backup tool for physical servers and a separate tool for the unsupported hypervisor
   • DConvert all physical servers to virtual machines on a supported hypervisor
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5. 19foundation · easy

   Which statement correctly defines Recovery Time Objective (RTO)?

   • AThe interval between incremental backups
   • BThe maximum acceptable downtime after a disaster
   • CThe maximum amount of data that can be lost
   • DThe time required to perform a full backup
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6. 20foundation · easy

   Which scenario would most likely require a bare-metal restore?

   • AA server's hard drive fails and must be replaced with a new blank drive
   • BA user accidentally deletes a critical document
   • CA virtual machine needs to be moved to another host
   • DA registry key becomes corrupted and needs to be restored
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