Exam Compass - Backup & Recovery Methods Quiz

Question 1

Restoring data from an incremental backup requires: (Select 2 answers)
Copy of the last incremental backup
All copies of differential backups made since the last full backup
Copy of the last differential backup
All copies of incremental backups made since the last full backup
Copy of the last full backup

Answer 1

All copies of incremental backups made since the last full backup

Copy of the last full backup

Question 2

In a differential backup strategy, restoring data from backup requires a working copy of the last full backup and the most recent copy of the incremental backup.
True
False

Answer 2

False

Question 3

An up-to-date full backup copy that combines the last full backup with subsequent incremental and/or differential backups is referred to as:
Mirror backup copy
Snapshot backup copy
Unstructured data backup copy
Synthetic full backup copy

Answer 3

Synthetic full backup copy

Question 4

The advantages of on-site backups over off-site backups include: (Select 3 answers)
Geo redundancy
Lack of ongoing subscription fees
Greater control over backup media & backup process
Improved security
Faster data access
Lower risk of data loss due to hardware failures

Answer 4

Lack of ongoing subscription fees

Greater control over backup media & backup process

Faster data access

Question 5

Which of the following answers refer to the advantages of off-site backups in comparison to on-site backups? (Select 3 answers)
Improved security
Faster data access
Greater control over backup media & backup process
Scalability
Geo redundancy

Answer 5

Improved security

Scalability

Geo redundancy

Question 6

A company utilizes a backup rotation scheme where backups performed daily during a week are used to create a weekly backup and backups created at the end of each week are used to create a monthly backup. Which of the answers listed below refers to the used backup rotation scheme?
3-2-1
Round Robin
Tower of Hanoi
Grandfather-Father-Son

Answer 6

Grandfather-Father-Son

Question 7

Which of the answers listed below can be used to describe the 3-2-1 backup strategy? (Select all that apply)
Save backups to 3 different storage media types
Keep at least 1 backup copy offsite
Create 1 primary backup file
Save backups to 2 different storage media types
Create 2 copies of the primary backup file
Keep all 3 backup files offsite

Answer 7

Keep at least 1 backup copy offsite

Create 1 primary backup file

Save backups to 2 different storage media types

Create 2 copies of the primary backup file