Deck 6: Contingency Strategies for Business Resumption Planning

Question 1

____ creates one larger logical volume across several available hard disk drives and stores the data in segments,called stripes,across all the disk drives in the array.

A)RAID 0
B)RAID level 1
C)RAID level 2
D)RAID levels 3 and 4

Answer 1

A

Question 2

____ uses byte-level striping of data.

A)RAID level 1
B)RAID level 3
C)RAID level 4
D)RAID level 5

Answer 2

B

Question 3

____ uses a specialized parity coding mechanism known as the Hamming code to store stripes of data on multiple data drives and corresponding redundant error correction on separate error correcting drives.

A)RAID level 1
B)RAID level 2
C)RAID level 3
D)RAID level 4

Answer 3

B

Question 4

____ uses block-level striping of data.

A)RAID level 1
B)RAID level 3
C)RAID level 4
D)RAID level 5

Question 5

The ____ is the location or group of locations at which the organization executes its functions.

A)primary site
B)secondary site
C)backup site
D)Towers of Hanoi

Question 6

The disadvantage of a full backup is that it takes a comprehensive snapshot of the organization's system.

Question 7

The ____ method of backup uses five media sets per week and allows recovery of data for the previous three weeks.

A)Towers of Hanoi
B)six-tape rotation
C)Grandfather-Father-Son
D)six-day rotation

Question 8

With disk duplexing,the same drive controller manages both drives,but with disk mirroring,each drive has its own controller.

Question 9

The ____ contains the steps for implementing critical business functions using alternate mechanisms until normal operations can be resumed at the primary site or elsewhere on a permanent basis.

A)incremental plan
B)disaster recovery plan
C)full-backup plan
D)business continuity plan

Question 10

____ is most commonly used in organizations that balance safety and redundancy against the costs of acquiring and operating the systems.

A)RAID level 4
B)RAID level 5
C)RAID level 6
D)RAID level 7

Question 11

____ performs two different parity computations or the same computation on overlapping subsets of the data.

A)RAID level 4
B)RAID level 5
C)RAID level 6
D)RAID level 7

Question 12

The term disk mirroring is used interchangeably with ____.

A)RAID level 1
B)RAID levels 3 and 4
C)RAID level 5
D)RAID level 6

Question 13

A(n)____ only archives the files that have been modified that day,and thus requires less space and time than the differential to create.

A)differential backup
B)full backup
C)copy backup
D)incremental backup

Question 14

The ____ lists and describes the efforts to resume normal operations at the primary places of business.

A)incremental backup plan
B)disaster recovery plan
C)full-backup plan
D)business continuity plan

Question 15

RAID level 0 improves the risk situation when using disk drives.

Question 16

____ provides duplication of server data storage by using multiple hard drive volumes,as was described earlier in the section on RAID level 1.

A)Disk striping
B)Parity
C)Mirroring
D)Hot swapping

Question 17

Most backups are conducted during twilight hours,when systems activity is lowest,and the probability of user interruption is limited.

Question 18

The ____ method of backup uses a rotation of six sets of media and is perhaps the most simple and well known.

A)six tape rotation
B)six-day rotation
C)Tower of Hanoi
D)six night rotation

Question 19

The BC plan operates concurrently with the DR plan when the damage is major or long term.

Question 20

A(n)____ is the storage of all files that have changed or been added since the last full backup.

A)full backup
B)incremental backup
C)differential backup
D)copy backup

Question 21

A(n)____ provides some of the same services and options of the hot site,but typically software applications are either not included,not installed,or not configured.

A)cold site
B)hot site
C)warm site
D)electronic vault

Question 22

A(n)____________________ is a full and complete backup of the entire system,including all applications,operating systems components,and data.

Question 23

Match each statement with an item below.

-Provides only rudimentary services and facilities.

A)RAID level 2
B)Remote journaling
C)NAS
D)Cold site
E)Mutual agreement
F)Service agreement
G)BC plan
H)Incremental backup
I)Differential backup

Question 24

A(n)____ is a fully configured computer facility with all services,communications links,and physical plant operations that is capable of establishing operations at a moment's notice.

A)hot site
B)independent site
C)electronic vault
D)cold site

Question 25

A variation of mirroring is called ____________________.

Question 26

____ is the storage of duplicate online transaction data,along with the duplication of the databases at the remote site to a redundant server.

A)Remote journaling
B)Electronic vaulting
C)Hot swapping
D)Database shadowing

Question 27

Match each statement with an item below.

-A specialized form of disk striping with parity that is not widely used.

A)RAID level 2
B)Remote journaling
C)NAS
D)Cold site
E)Mutual agreement
F)Service agreement
G)BC plan
H)Incremental backup
I)Differential backup

Question 28

Match each statement with an item below.

-Yields the shortest elapsed time needed to restore files when they must be re-created from the backup media.

A)RAID level 2
B)Remote journaling
C)NAS
D)Cold site
E)Mutual agreement
F)Service agreement
G)BC plan
H)Incremental backup
I)Differential backup

Question 29

The usage of _________________________________ systems can overcome some of the limits of magnetic tape backup systems,and,as seen later in the section titled "Real-Time Protection,Server Recovery,and Application Recovery," RAID systems provide enhanced capabilities.

Question 30

Match each statement with an item below.

-The contractual documents guaranteeing certain minimum levels of service provided by vendors.

A)RAID level 2
B)Remote journaling
C)NAS
D)Cold site
E)Mutual agreement
F)Service agreement
G)BC plan
H)Incremental backup
I)Differential backup

Question 31

RAID level ____ can be achieved with software or hardware,writing data to other drives,even if they are located on other systems.

A)1
B)2
C)3
D)4

Question 32

The bulk transfer of data in batches to an off-site facility is called ____________________.

Question 33

Match each statement with an item below.

-Facilitates the recovery of key transactions in near real-time.

A)RAID level 2
B)Remote journaling
C)NAS
D)Cold site
E)Mutual agreement
F)Service agreement
G)BC plan
H)Incremental backup
I)Differential backup

Question 34

____ is the transfer of live transactions to an off-site facility.

A)Electronic vaulting
B)Remote journaling
C)Database shadowing
D)Data warehousing

Question 35

____________________ technology is designed to replace operating systems and services when they fail.

Question 36

Match each statement with an item below.

-Does not work well with real-time applications because of the latency of the communication methods.

A)RAID level 2
B)Remote journaling
C)NAS
D)Cold site
E)Mutual agreement
F)Service agreement
G)BC plan
H)Incremental backup
I)Differential backup

Question 37

____ is commonly a single device or server that attaches to a network,and uses common communications methods,such as Windows file sharing,NFS,CIFS,HTTP directories,or FTP,to provide an online storage environment.

A)An electronic vault
B)Network-Attached Storage
C)TCP/IP
D)A hot site

Question 38

Match each statement with an item below.

-Designed to complete the backup in the shortest amount of elapsed time.

A)RAID level 2
B)Remote journaling
C)NAS
D)Cold site
E)Mutual agreement
F)Service agreement
G)BC plan
H)Incremental backup
I)Differential backup

Question 39

Match each statement with an item below.

-Operates concurrently with the DR plan when the damage is major or long term.

A)RAID level 2
B)Remote journaling
C)NAS
D)Cold site
E)Mutual agreement
F)Service agreement
G)BC plan
H)Incremental backup
I)Differential backup

Question 40

Match each statement with an item below.

-A contract between two organizations for each to assist the other in the event of a disaster.

A)RAID level 2
B)Remote journaling
C)NAS
D)Cold site
E)Mutual agreement
F)Service agreement
G)BC plan
H)Incremental backup
I)Differential backup

Question 41

What are the advantages and disadvantages of the Grandfather-Father-Son rotation method?

Question 42

What are the disadvantages of a time-share?

Question 43

List five sections that should be included in a service agreement.

Question 44

Discuss the six step process of the Grandfather-Father-Son backup method.

Question 45

What are the advantages and disadvantages of the Towers of Hanoi rotation method?

Question 46

What is the difference between RAID level 7 and RAID level 10?

Question 47

What are the advantages and disadvantages of the six-tape rotation method?

Question 48

Discuss the sixteen step process of the Grandfather-Father-Son backup method.

Question 49

How does remote journaling differ from electronic vaulting?

Question 50

What is the difference between a service bureau and a mutual agreement?