M3 Quiz - Disaster Recovery

Some data is required by law to be retained and stored for years. A) True B) False

A) True

The most common schedule for tape-based backup is a _____ backup, either incremental or differential, with a weekly off-site full backup. A) daily on-site B) hourly off-site C) 12-hour on-site D) daily off-site

A) daily on-site

A(n) ____ is an extension of an organization's intranet into cloud computing. A) private cloud B) community cloud C) public cloud D) application cloud

A) private cloud

Some recovery strategies seek to improve the ____ of a server or system in addition to performing backups of data. A) robustness B) accuracy C) speed D) cost-effectiveness

A) robustness

A(n) ____ is often included in legal documents to ensure that a vendor is not liable for actions taken by a client. A) statement of indemnification B) intellectual property assurance C) nondisclosure agreement D) covenant not to compete

A) statement of indemnification

A potential disadvantage of a ____ site-resumption strategy is that more than one organization might need the facility simultaneously. A) time-share B) service bureau C) cold site D) mobile site

A) time-share

When using virtualization, it is commonplace to use the term ____ to refer to a virtualized environment operating in or on a host platform. A) virtual machine B) host machine C) hypervisor D) VMware

A) virtual machine

"PLATFORM" as a Service is a service model in which entire computer systems, including OS and application resources, are made available for whatever the organization wants to implement A) True B) False

B) False

A "COPY" backup backs up only files that were modified on that day—a date-specific incremental backup. A) True B) False

B) False

A backup and recovery plan will explain how to implement the backup and recovery "GUIDE" and will provide answers to any questions not covered there. A) True B) False

B) False

Disk "MIRRORING" is a RAID implementation in which one logical volume is created by storing data across several available hard drives in segments. A) True B) False

B) False

Some experts argue that the two components of "APPLICATION" resumption planning—disaster recovery planning and business continuity planning (BCP)—are so closely linked that they are indistinguishable. A) True B) False

B) False

The "INCREMENTAL" backup works faster and uses less storage space than a full backup, but each of them is larger and slower than that of the day before. A) True B) False

B) False

The emergence of cloud computing technologies and practices has had little or no effect on the world of contingency planning and operations. A) True B) False

B) False

____ uses a number of hard drives to store information across multiple drive units. A) Legacy backup B) RAID C) Continuous database protection D) Virtualization

B) RAID

RAID 0 creates one logical volume across several available hard disk drives and stores the data using ____, in which data segments are written in turn to each disk drive in the array. A) disk mirroring B) disk striping C) disk duplexing D) disk coding

B) disk striping

A ____ system is commonly a single device or server that attaches to a network and uses TCP/IP-based protocols and communications methods to provide an online storage environment. A) storage area network B) network-attached storage C) remote journal D) virtual machine monitor

B) network-attached storage

A ____ is a hosted operating system or platform running on a host machine. A) host platform B) virtual machine C) virtual hardware suite D) hypervisor

B) virtual machine

The duplication of systems data to external media or a secondary location to provide recovery capability in the event of data loss is a _____. A) data archive B) data recovery C) data backup D) retention schedule

C) data backup

The backup of data to an off-site facility in close to real time based on transactions as they occur is called _____. A) application recovery B) electronic vaulting C) remote journaling D) database shadowing

C) remote journaling

A ____ is a contractual document guaranteeing certain minimal levels of service provided by a vendor. A) memorandum of understanding B) mutual agreement C) service agreement D) time-share agreement

C) service agreement

The storage of duplicate online transaction data, along with the duplication of the databases, at a remote site on a redundant server is called _____. A) application recovery B) electronic vaulting C) remote journaling D) database shadowing

D) database shadowing

An organization aggregates all local backups to a central repository and then backs up that repository to an online vendor with a ____ backup strategy. A) disk-to-disk-to-tape B) differential C) RAID D) disk-to-disk-to-cloud

D) disk-to-disk-to-cloud

A ____ is specialized software that enables the virtual machine to operate on the host platform. A) host platform B) virtual machine C) virtual hardware suite D) hypervisor

D) hypervisor

Both data backups and archives should be based on a(n) ____ schedule that guides the frequency of replacement and the duration of storage. A) replication B) business resumption C) incident response D) retention

D) retention