4. Databases and Storage

Backup And Recovery — Quiz

Test your understanding of backup and recovery with 5 practice questions.

Practice Questions

Question 1

Which of the following backup strategies involves an initial full backup, followed by subsequent backups that only copy data changed since the *last backup of any type*?

Question 2

A university's critical student registration system must be operational within 30 minutes of any major outage. This requirement directly defines which of the following disaster recovery metrics?

Question 3

When designing a data retention policy for sensitive student financial aid records, which of the following is the most important factor to consider?

Question 4

A university's research department generates large volumes of data daily. To ensure data integrity and availability, they implement a strategy where backups are stored on three different types of media, with two copies on-site and one copy off-site. This strategy is commonly known as the:

Question 5

In the event of a regional power outage affecting a university's primary data center, which type of disaster recovery site would allow for the quickest resumption of critical IT services with minimal data loss?