Backup types, recovery time and recovery point objectives, and high availability concepts tested on the CompTIA Cloud+ exam.
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- What does a full backup include?
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All data and system files on the device or server at the time the backup runs.- What data does an incremental backup capture?
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Only data that has changed since the last backup of any kind.- What data does a differential backup capture?
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Only data that has changed since the last full backup.- What is a snapshot backup?
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A point-in-time copy of a system or volume state, capturing data at a specific moment.- What is the primary purpose of an archive backup?
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Long-term retention of data for compliance, legal, or historical reasons.- What is a cold backup?
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A backup taken while the system is offline or not actively running.- What is a hot backup?
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A backup taken while the system or application continues running normally.- What is a warm backup?
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A backup taken while the system is minimally active or in a standby state.- What is Recovery Time Objective (RTO)?
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The maximum acceptable time allowed to restore a system or service after a failure.- What is Recovery Point Objective (RPO)?
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The maximum acceptable amount of data loss, measured as the time since the last backup.- What business metric does RTO primarily affect?
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Downtime cost and operational impact while services are unavailable.- What business metric does RPO primarily affect?
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Data loss impact and the amount of work that must be redone after recovery.- What is the goal of Business Continuity (BC)?
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To maintain critical business functions and services during and after a disruption.- What is the goal of Disaster Recovery (DR)?
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To restore systems, data, and operations to their normal state after a major failure.- What is High Availability (HA)?
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A system design that ensures services remain available with minimal downtime, typically through redundancy and failover.
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