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Redundancy Strategies

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the primary goal of Continuity of Operations (COOP)?

a)

Maximizing productivity

b)

Ensuring critical functions continue during a disruption

c)

Enhancing network performance

d)

Reducing operational costs

2.

Which of the following is an example of geographic redundancy?

a)

Using multiple hard drives in RAID

b)

Using cloud services across different regions

c)

Using load balancers within a single data center

d)

Implementing firewalls at multiple entry points

3.

What type of site allows for immediate failover with minimal delay during disaster recovery?

a)

Cold site

b)

Warm site

c)

Hot site

d)

Co-located site

4.

Which of the following configurations uses multiple passive nodes shared among multiple active nodes to reduce redundancy costs?

a)

Active/Active Clustering

b)

Active/Active Clustering

c)

N+M Configuration

d)

Active/Passive Clustering

5.

Which backup solution allows for quick recovery from a system crash by creating a real-time duplicate of data?

a)

Incremental backup

b)

Differential backup

c)

Full backup

d)

Mirroring

6.

What does a 99.999% system availability (five nines) allow in terms of downtime per year?

a)

32 seconds

b)

5 minutes

c)

52 minutes

d)

52 minutes

7.

Which of the following testing methods is used to assess system performance under high loads?

a)

Failover testing

b)

Load testing

c)

Simulation

d)

Parallel processing

8.

Which of the following strategies helps organizations ensure business continuity by using multiple vendors for critical systems?

a)

Platform diversity

b)

Vendor lock-in

c)

Vendor diversity

d)

Capacity planning

9.

What does "scaling out" refer to in the context of redundancy and high availability?

a)

Increasing power of existing resources

b)

Adding more resources in parallel

c)

Reducing the load on existing resources

d)

Migrating to a different data center

10.

Which of the following redundancy configurations ensures that both nodes are processing connections simultaneously?

a)

Active/Passive

b)

Active/Active

c)

Hot site

d)

Cold site

11.

What is the key difference between business continuity and continuity of operations (COOP)?

a)

COOP focuses on long-term recovery

b)

Business continuity addresses only IT systems

c)

COOP focuses on immediate response to disruptions

d)

Business continuity excludes disaster recovery

12.

Which of the following tests simulates real-world disaster recovery scenarios to assess system resilience?

a)

Tabletop exercises

b)

Failover testing

c)

Simulation

d)

Parallel processing

13.

What is a benefit of active/passive clustering over active/active clustering?

a)

Better performance during failover

b)

Reduced hardware costs

c)

Simultaneous connection processing

d)

Higher performance during normal operations

14.

Which backup testing method involves verifying that backups can be successfully restored without disrupting live systems?

a)

Parallel processing

b)

Failover testing

c)

Load testing

d)

Backup restoration simulation

15.

Why is geographic dispersion important for disaster recovery?

a)

It improves system performance

b)

It reduces costs associated with infrastructure

c)

It minimizes the impact of regional disasters

d)

It simplifies data management

16.

Which of the following is NOT a typical component of high-availability infrastructure?

a)

Redundant power supplies

b)

Geographically diverse data centers

c)

Single points of failure

d)

Backup generators