Cloud+ - Chapter 6 review

Data replication is often used to store copies of real-time data in remote zones. When there is a need to have the master data immediately updated, and then on the back-end update the remote zones, what type of replication would you recommend that your operations department configure?

• Synchronus

• Asynchronus

• Volume sync

• Mirroring

• RAID 5

Sharon has been directed to put together a disaster recovery (DR) plan based on directives from her company's executive management team. The company's core business is operating an e-commerce website selling winter apparel, with 85 percent of its revenue received during the holiday season. If there was a prolonged outage, it would put the company's ability to continue as a financially viable operation in peril. Sharon has been instructed to create a plan that will restore operations in the shortest amount of time possible. What DR model should she implement?

• Hot site

• Active/active

• Warm site

• Active/passive

• Cold site

Which disaster recovery metrics are used to create a measurable SLA that outlines when you can expect your systems to be back online and how much data loss you sustained after an outage? (Choose all that apply)

• RSO

• RTO

• RPO

• DR

• VxRestore

These cloud facilities provide the ability to connect locally for fast, low-latency connections to the DR location. They can also store, or cache, data at these locations for very fast responses to local user requests.

• Region

• Edge location

• Availability zone

• Replication

Computer operating systems have mechanisms that grant rights to users for access to system objects like storage volume directories and files, administrator rights, and so on. What should you monitor to make sure that old or unused entries are deleted?

• Stale cache

• Access control

• MFA

• Dashboard

James has been directed by his employer's finance department that they cannot afford to lose any more than 30 minutes of data in case of a database failure or other catastrophic event. James has updated his corporate business continuity plan and has had his cloud provider update its SLA. What was the metric that was changed?

• RSO

• RPO

• RTO

• DBO

To meet regulatory requirements, Jill must store customer transaction records for seven years. The data will most likely never be accessed after the second year and can be stored offline to reduce storage costs. What type of storage operation can Jill implement to achieve her goal?

• File transfer

• Archive

• Replication

• Data store

Sharon is a network engineer for your firm and is investigating the WAN connection into the hot site. In the event of operations being moved to the backup location, she wants to make sure the load capacity is available. What should she be most concerned about? (choose two)

• QOS

• SLA

• Packet loss and jitter

• Bandwidth starvation

• Peak capacity

Cloud dashboards allow for monitoring and sometimes configuring maintenance operations with the cloud provider. If you have regularly scheduled backups for you cloud storage volumes, you can configure the cloud provider to perform specific operations for you using what back-end systems?

• Replication

• Automation

• Synchronus

• Block chain based

What service provides permit and deny policies that require regular review to delete unused entries?

• DNS

• DHCP

• Firewalls

• Active Directory