A company's Azure Cosmos DB account uses periodic backup with a 2-hour interval and 12-hour retention. A developer accidentally deletes a container at 15:00 UTC. The last backup was at 14:00 UTC. The company wants to restore the container with the least data loss, but the retention window is about to expire. What should you do?

Wait for the next scheduled backup at 16:00 UTC and then restore.

Restore the entire account to 14:00 UTC to avoid any issues.

Restore the container from the 14:00 UTC backup immediately.

Enable continuous backup and then restore to 14:59 UTC.

A company has enabled continuous backup on a Cosmos DB account. A developer accidentally deleted a container at 10:15 AM. You need to restore the container to a state as close as possible to the deletion time. What should you do first?

Restore the container to the timestamp 10:14 AM.

List the available restore points for the account and select the one closest to 10:15 AM.

Disable continuous backup and then restore from the last periodic snapshot.

Restore the entire account to the current time.

A company has an Azure Cosmos DB account with continuous backup enabled. A developer accidentally deleted a container at 09:15 UTC. You need to identify the latest valid restore point that contains the container data before the deletion. What should you do?

Use the Azure portal to view the list of restore points and select the one closest to 09:15 UTC.

Use the Azure portal to restore the account to 09:14 UTC without checking restore points.

Use the Azure CLI to list restore points and select the latest one that is earlier than 09:15 UTC.

Select the restore point at exactly 09:15 UTC because it includes the deletion event.

What is a key benefit of enabling continuous backup mode on an Azure Cosmos DB account?

It eliminates the need to configure a backup retention period.

It allows restoring the account to any point in time within the retention window.

It automatically replicates backups to a secondary region for disaster recovery.

It reduces the storage cost of backups by storing them in a single region.

A startup is designing a new Cosmos DB solution. They expect low write volume but need the ability to recover from accidental deletes within the last 5 minutes. They also want to minimize costs. Which backup mode should they choose?

Periodic backup with a 5-minute interval and 30-day retention.

No backup, because the data is not critical.

Continuous backup with 30-day retention.

Periodic backup with a 1-hour interval and 7-day retention.

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A company's Azure Cosmos DB account uses periodic backup with a 2-hour interval and 12-hour retention. A developer accidentally deletes a container at 15:00 UTC. The last backup was at 14:00 UTC. The company wants to restore the container with the least data loss, but the retention window is about to expire. What should you do?
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