Disaster Recovery and Backup Quiz

Define 'data' as used in computer science

• A collection of facts and measurements

• The representation of information using codes and numbers

• Qualitative and Quantitative data

• Discrete and continuous data

What is a disaster recovery plan designed to do?

• Minimize operational downtime and data loss

• Increase data storage capacity

• Improve internet speed

• Enhance software performance

What does an audit trail document?

• The weather conditions

• Access to data and security rights

• Employee attendance

• Software updates

Which backup method provides a complete copy of all data on a storage device?

• Incremental backup

• Differential backup

• Full backup

• Daily backup

What is the main advantage of a differential backup?

• Requires no storage space

• Only one backup is needed

• Saves data changed since the last full backup

• Increases data processing speed

Which backup technique backs up only the data changed since the last backup?

• Full backup

• Incremental backup

• Differential backup

• Daily backup

What is the primary purpose of a data warehouse?

• To store data remotely in multiple locations

• To provide strategic storage for reporting and analysis

• To specialize in a single data topic

• To manage consumer cloud applications

Where are data marts usually located?

• Centrally within an organization

• Within a small entity or department

• In multiple data servers in different locations

• In consumer cloud applications

Which type of data storage is often owned by a company that manages access to the data?

• Data warehouse

• Data marts

• Data in the cloud

• Local storage

What type of reports can data warehouses generate?

• Monthly and weekly

• Annual and financial

• Daily and hourly

• Personal and confidential