An organization has documented a recovery procedure for its customer database, but the procedure has never been tested. During an actual outage, the recovery team discovers that the backup files are stored in a format that the restore tool cannot read. What should the organization have done to prevent this issue?

Assigned a single administrator to perform all recoveries

Conducted regular recovery tests and validated the restore process

Increased the frequency of full backups

Documented the backup format in the recovery procedure

An organization's backup administrator runs a scheduled restore test every quarter. During the latest test, the restore of the customer database fails because the backup software cannot read the tape. The administrator verifies that the backup job reported success and that the tape is not physically damaged. What should the administrator do next?

Replace the tape drive and rerun the restore test.

Restore the database from the previous quarter's tape instead.

Increase the frequency of restore tests to monthly.

Review the backup job logs and run a verification or read-back test on the tape.

A company's customer relationship management (CRM) system is restored from backups after a server failure. The restore brings the CRM database back to a consistent state, and users can access the system again. Which statement best describes the role of data recovery in this situation?

Data recovery only applies to databases, not to applications like CRM.

Data recovery is the same as disaster recovery because the CRM system is back online.

Data recovery prevented the server failure from occurring.

Data recovery restored the CRM data to a usable state, supporting business continuity.

How do data recovery and disaster recovery complement each other?

Data recovery is only used after disaster recovery fails

Disaster recovery is a subset of data recovery

They are interchangeable terms for the same process

Data recovery restores data, while disaster recovery restores the systems that use that data

Which recovery solution would likely provide the lowest Recovery Point Objective (RPO)?

Continuous data replication to a secondary site

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Data Recovery GCCC Practice Questions (Page 2)

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An organization has documented a recovery procedure for its customer database, but the procedure has never been tested. During an actual outage, the recovery team discovers that the backup files are stored in a format that the restore tool cannot read. What should the organization have done to prevent this issue?
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An organization's backup administrator runs a scheduled restore test every quarter. During the latest test, the restore of the customer database fails because the backup software cannot read the tape. The administrator verifies that the backup job reported success and that the tape is not physically damaged. What should the administrator do next?
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A company's customer relationship management (CRM) system is restored from backups after a server failure. The restore brings the CRM database back to a consistent state, and users can access the system again. Which statement best describes the role of data recovery in this situation?
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How do data recovery and disaster recovery complement each other?
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Which recovery solution would likely provide the lowest Recovery Point Objective (RPO)?
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A company's customer relationship management (CRM) system is restored from backups after a server failure. The restore brings the CRM database back to a consistent state, and users can access the system again. Which statement best describes the role of data recovery in this situation?

How do data recovery and disaster recovery complement each other?

Which recovery solution would likely provide the lowest Recovery Point Objective (RPO)?

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