Design a Secure Data Center CCSP Practice Questions (Page 2)

Questions 6–10

1. 6application · medium

   A financial services firm is selecting a location for a new data center that will host customer transaction processing systems. The compliance team requires that all customer data remain within the country's borders. The operations team wants to minimize the risk of extended downtime from regional power grid failures. Which location strategy best satisfies both requirements?

   • AA colocation facility in a different country with a strong power grid and multiple utility feeds
   • BA colocation facility within the country, in a region with low natural disaster risk and access to two independent utility substations
   • CA company-built data center in a remote area within the country, relying on a single utility feed and extensive battery backup
   • DA company-built data center in a seismically active region within the country, equipped with diesel generators
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2. 7foundation · easy

   In a multi-tenant cloud data center, what is the primary purpose of logical tenant partitioning?

   • ATo ensure that each tenant's data is stored in a different geographic region
   • BTo physically separate each tenant's servers into dedicated racks with separate power and cooling
   • CTo allocate a fixed amount of network bandwidth to each tenant to guarantee performance
   • DTo separate tenants' data and workloads so that one tenant cannot access or interfere with another tenant's resources
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4. 8foundation · easy

   How can a failure in the HVAC system impact data center security?

   • AIt can erase data from storage devices
   • BIt can allow unauthorized users to access the network
   • CIt can disable the fire suppression system
   • DIt can cause equipment to overheat, leading to hardware failures and potential data loss
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5. 9foundation · easy

   What is a key security advantage of building your own data center compared to using a colocation facility?

   • AIt automatically ensures compliance with all data protection regulations
   • BYou do not need to implement any logical security controls
   • CYou have full control over physical security measures and access policies
   • DIt eliminates the need for redundant power and cooling systems
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6. 10expert · hard

   A data center has two upstream network providers, Provider A and Provider B. Both providers connect to the data center's core routers. The network team notices that during a failure of Provider A, all traffic shifts to Provider B, but the data center experiences significant packet loss. What is the most likely cause of this issue?

   • AThe failover configuration is not working correctly, and traffic is being black-holed
   • BThe core routers are not configured to load-balance traffic across both providers
   • CProvider B's link is not sized to handle the full production traffic load
   • DProvider B is a lower-tier provider with less bandwidth capacity
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