Backup Controls

Question 1

___ is a method of backup consisting of the maintenance of an exact copy of a data set to provide multiple sources of the same information.

Answer 1

Mirroring

Question 2

Mirrored sites are most frequently used in ____ for load balancing.

Answer 2

e-commerce

Question 3

______ is the term for distributing excess demand from the primary site to the mirrored.

Answer 3

load balancing

Question 4

A service that provides users with an online system for backing up and storing computer files is called a ___ ___.

Answer 4

remote backup

Question 5

What are the advantages to using remote backup over traditional backup methodologies

Answer 5

Remote backup has several advantages over traditional backup methodologies: the task of creating and maintaining backup files is removed from the IT department’s responsibilities; the backups are maintained off site; some services can operate continuously, backing up each transaction as it occurs.

Question 6

A ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ is a technique used to maintain redundant backup copies (three “generations”) of data files; backup files are used to recover from systems failures in which data files are destroyed.

Answer 6

1. grandfather-father-son file security control

Question 7

A method of backup that can be used to replicate data from multiple sites is called ___ ___ ___ (___). Data stored on it is immediately available without the need to recover it. This enables a more effective disaster recovery process.

Answer 7

storage area networks (SANs)

Question 8

Common to batch processing, a ___ is a point in data processing where the accuracy of the processing can be verified.

Answer 8

checkpoint

Question 9

Checkpoint and restart backup methodology is common to ___ ___.

Answer 9

batch processing.

Question 10

Rollback and recovery is a backup methodology common to ___ ___ ___.

Answer 10

onlin, real-time capabilities