Chpt 18

Question 1

What is another name for a database that is an exact, up-to-date copy of the database maintained in an alternative location?

Answer 1

Remote mirroring

Question 2

What is the typical time estimate to activate a warm site from the time a disaster is declared?

Answer 2

12 hours

Question 3

What does the term “100 year flood plain” mean to emergency preparedness officials?

Answer 3

The odds of a flood at this level are 1 in 100 in any given year.

Question 4

Define a differential backup

Answer 4

A type of backup that stores copies of all files modified since the most recent full back up.

Question 5

What combo of backup strategies provides the fastest backup creation time?

Answer 5

Full backups and incremental backups.

Question 6

Define a parallel test.

Answer 6

A type of recovery plan that fully evaluates operations at the backup facility, but does not shift primary operations responsibility from the main site.