Data Backup and Retention NDE Practice Questions (Page 4)

Questions 16–20

1. 16application · medium

   A manufacturing company has a 20 TB ERP database that must be recoverable within 4 hours of a disaster. The company has a limited budget and a slow internet connection. Which backup storage media strategy best meets the RTO while keeping costs reasonable?

   • AStore backups only in cloud storage and rely on the cloud provider's high-speed network for recovery.
   • BUse a second on-premises server with a direct attached disk and no offsite copy.
   • CStore backups only on a local tape library and ship tapes offsite weekly.
   • DStore backups on a local disk array and replicate only the most critical subset to cloud storage.
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2. 17expert · hard

   A company's retention policy states that employee emails must be kept for 3 years and then deleted. An employee is involved in a workplace discrimination lawsuit. The legal team issues a hold on that employee's emails. What should the IT team do?

   • AMove the emails to a separate archive and delete the originals.
   • BAnonymize the emails after 3 years to protect privacy.
   • CPreserve the emails until the lawsuit is resolved, then delete them.
   • DDelete the emails after 3 years as scheduled.
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4. 18foundation · easy

   What is a primary advantage of using cloud storage for backups compared to on-premises tape or disk?

   • AIt eliminates the need for any data encryption
   • BIt is always the lowest-cost option for any backup volume
   • CIt provides off-site storage without requiring physical media to be transported
   • DIt guarantees faster backup and restore times than any local storage
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5. 19foundation · easy

   Which backup type copies all selected data every time it runs, regardless of whether files have changed since the last backup?

   • ASynthetic full backup
   • BDifferential backup
   • CFull backup
   • DIncremental backup
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6. 20application · medium

   A university's research department stores experimental data. The university's policy requires that research data be kept for at least 5 years after the project ends, but the principal investigator wants to delete the data immediately after the project to free up storage. What should the department do?

   • ADelete the data as the PI requests, since the PI owns the data.
   • BAsk the PI to sign a waiver releasing the university from the retention policy.
   • CArchive the data to low-cost storage for the required 5-year period, then review for deletion.
   • DKeep the data on primary storage for 5 years without any changes.
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