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A financial services company runs a critical SQL Server database on Azure Virtual Machines. They require a disaster recovery solution with an RPO of less than 15 seconds and an RTO of less than 1 hour. Which technology should they implement?
2A company runs a critical SQL Server database on Azure Virtual Machines in a single region. They need a disaster recovery solution across regions with a recovery point objective (RPO) of zero. The database is update-intensive with frequent writes. Which configuration should they implement?
3A company runs a critical application on Azure Virtual Machines in a single availability set. They want to protect against an entire Azure region failure. They need a recovery time objective (RTO) of 30 minutes and a recovery point objective (RPO) of 15 minutes. Which solution should they use?
4A company has several Azure Virtual Machines running Windows Server with critical applications. They need to back up these VMs to a secondary Azure region to protect against regional disasters. The backup must be application-consistent and support file-level restore. Which solution should they implement?
5A company runs a SQL Server database on an Azure VM in West Europe. They need to back up the database daily and retain backups for 7 years for compliance. They also require the ability to restore the database to a secondary Azure region (North Europe) if the primary region fails. They want to minimize operational overhead and costs. Which Azure Backup configuration should they use?
6A company runs a stateless web application on Azure VMs. They need to ensure the application remains available in the event of an entire Azure datacenter failure. They want to achieve a 99.99% SLA. Which deployment option should they recommend?
7A company runs a legacy on-premises application that relies on a SQL Server database. They want to use Azure as a disaster recovery site with a recovery point objective of less than 15 minutes. They need to be able to fail back to the on-premises environment after a disaster. Which Azure service should they use?
8A company runs a critical application on Azure VMs in a single region. The application writes data to Azure SQL Database (PaaS) and Azure Blob Storage. The company needs a disaster recovery plan with an RPO of less than 5 minutes for the database and less than 15 minutes for the blob storage, and an RTO of less than 1 hour for the entire solution. What should they recommend?
9A company runs a critical application on Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) in a single region. The application is stateless and uses an Azure SQL Database with active geo-replication for database DR. They need to ensure the AKS cluster can failover to a secondary region with an RTO of 15 minutes and an RPO of 5 seconds for the database. What should they recommend for the AKS cluster?
10A company has an on-premises application running on physical servers with various operating systems. They want to use Azure as a disaster recovery site with an RPO of less than 1 hour and an RTO of less than 4 hours. They need to replicate the servers to Azure and support failover and failback. Which Azure service should they use?
11A company runs SQL Server on an Azure virtual machine. They need to automate database backups with application-consistency and retain backups for 10 years to meet compliance. They also want to restore to any point in time within the last 35 days. Which Azure Backup solution should they use?
12A company has an on-premises Hyper-V environment with 20 virtual machines running various workloads. They want to use Azure as a disaster recovery site. The required recovery point objective (RPO) is 15 minutes, and the recovery time objective (RTO) is 2 hours. They want to automate failover and failback. Which Azure service should they use?
13A company runs a file server on an Azure VM in the East US region. They want to back up the file shares to Azure and be able to restore individual files if accidentally deleted. They also need to be able to restore the entire file share to a secondary region (West US) in case of a regional disaster. The solution should automatically protect the file shares and provide versioning for up to 30 days. Which Azure service and configuration should they recommend?
14A company runs a critical SQL Server database on an Azure virtual machine. They need a backup strategy that supports point-in-time restore down to the second and long-term retention of backups for 7 years to meet compliance. They want to offload backup management to Azure. Which backup solution should they use?
15A company runs a critical application on Azure virtual machines in the West US region. They need a disaster recovery solution that replicates VMs to East US with a recovery point objective (RPO) of 15 minutes and a recovery time objective (RTO) of 2 hours. They also need to perform non-disruptive disaster recovery drills. Which Azure service should they use?
16A company runs a critical application using Azure SQL Database in the West US region. They need a disaster recovery solution that automatically fails over to a secondary region (East US) with a recovery point objective (RPO) of 5 seconds and a recovery time objective (RTO) of 1 minute. The secondary region must also be able to serve read-only queries for reporting purposes. Which Azure SQL Database feature should they implement?
17A company runs a critical application on Azure VMs in the West US region. They want to protect against a regional disaster by replicating VMs to East US using Azure Site Recovery. They have both managed and unmanaged disks. They need to ensure that after failover, the recovery VMs are automatically placed in a specific availability set to support the application's multi-tier architecture. Additionally, they want to minimize downtime during planned failover. Which configuration should they use?
18A company runs a critical SQL Server database on an Azure virtual machine in the West US region. They need a disaster recovery solution that replicates the database to a secondary region (East US) with a recovery point objective (RPO) of 15 minutes and a recovery time objective (RTO) of 2 hours. The solution must also support non-disruptive disaster recovery drills. The company currently uses SQL Server Standard Edition. Which Azure service should they implement?
19A company runs a critical line-of-business application on Azure VMs within a single region. The application tier is deployed across multiple VMs. They need to protect against a failure of an entire Azure datacenter within that region. The solution should automatically distribute the VMs across physically separate locations with independent power, cooling, and networking. The company also requires the lowest possible latency between application and database tiers within the same location. Which deployment strategy should they use?
20A company runs a mission-critical SQL Server database on an Azure virtual machine using SQL Server Standard Edition. They need a disaster recovery solution that replicates the database to a secondary Azure region with a recovery point objective (RPO) of 15 minutes and a recovery time objective (RTO) of 1 hour. The solution must support non-disruptive disaster recovery drills. The company cannot modify the SQL Server configuration or use Always On features due to licensing constraints. Which Azure service should they use?
21A company runs a critical application on Azure VMs in the West US region. They need to protect against a regional disaster using Azure Site Recovery. The VMs use unmanaged disks. The recovery point objective (RPO) must be 15 minutes and the recovery time objective (RTO) must be 1 hour. Additionally, they must be able to perform quarterly disaster recovery drills that do not affect the production environment. Which configuration should they use in Azure Site Recovery?
22A company runs SQL Server on Azure VMs using SQL Server Standard Edition. They need a disaster recovery solution that replicates the database to a secondary Azure region with a recovery point objective (RPO) of 15 minutes and a recovery time objective (RTO) of 2 hours. They cannot use Always On Availability Groups due to licensing constraints. They also need to perform non-disruptive disaster recovery drills. Which Azure service should they implement?
23A company runs critical Azure VMs. They want to protect against accidental deletion or corruption of data by implementing a retention policy for Azure Backup. They need to keep daily backups for 30 days, weekly backups for 12 weeks, and monthly backups for 12 months. Which Azure Backup feature should they configure?
24A company runs a mission-critical application on Azure VMs in West US. They need a disaster recovery plan with an RPO of 5 minutes and an RTO of 30 minutes. The application consists of multiple VMs that must be recovered in a specific order: the database VM first, then the front-end VMs. They also need to ensure that after failover, the IP addresses of the VMs are retained to avoid DNS propagation delays. The company wants to test the recovery process periodically without affecting production. Which Azure Site Recovery features should they use?
25A company runs several Azure virtual machines (VMs) that host SQL Server databases. The databases are stored on data disks attached to the VMs. The company needs to back up the databases and VMs separately. They require application-consistent backups for SQL Server to ensure transactional integrity. Additionally, they need to retain backups for up to 7 years to meet compliance requirements. The solution must minimize administrative overhead and support long-term retention of database backups. Which Azure service or feature should they use for the database backups?
26A company runs an SAP HANA database on Azure large instances (HLI) in the West US region. The database is critical for business operations. They need a disaster recovery solution with a recovery point objective (RPO) of near zero (seconds) and a recovery time objective (RTO) of less than 30 minutes in the event of a region-wide outage. The solution must automatically replicate data to a secondary region (East US) and support automated failover. Which design should they implement?
27A company runs a mission-critical application on Azure virtual machines (VMs) in the West US region. The application consists of multiple VMs that must be recovered in a specific order during a disaster: database VM first, then application VMs, then web VMs. They also require that after failover to East US, the VMs retain their private IP addresses to avoid DNS updates. The recovery point objective (RPO) is 5 minutes and recovery time objective (RTO) is 30 minutes. The company needs to perform quarterly disaster recovery tests without impacting production. Which combination of Azure Site Recovery features should they configure?
28A company runs a critical application on Azure virtual machines (VMs) in the West US region. They need a disaster recovery solution that replicates the VMs to East US with a recovery point objective (RPO) of 15 minutes and a recovery time objective (RTO) of 2 hours. The application consists of multiple VMs, and the company needs to be able to fail over a single VM without impacting others during an actual disaster. They also want to periodically test the recovery process without affecting the production environment. Which Azure Site Recovery feature should they use to enable non-disruptive testing?
29A company runs a mission-critical multi-tier application on Azure VMs in West US. The application consists of database VMs, application VMs, and web VMs. During a disaster, the VMs must be recovered in a specific order: database tier first, then application tier, then web tier. The recovery point objective (RPO) is 5 minutes and recovery time objective (RTO) is 15 minutes. The company wants to periodically test the recovery process without impacting production. After failover to East US, the VMs must retain their private IP addresses to avoid DNS propagation delays. Which combination of Azure Site Recovery features should they configure?
30A company runs a critical OLTP application on Azure SQL Database in the West US region. They need to ensure business continuity if a regional outage occurs. The solution must have a recovery point objective (RPO) of 5 seconds and a recovery time objective (RTO) of less than 1 hour. They also want to use the secondary region for read-only query offloading. Which Azure SQL Database feature should they enable?
31A company runs a critical Azure SQL Database in the West US region. They need a disaster recovery solution that automatically fails over to a secondary region (East US) with a recovery point objective (RPO) of 5 seconds and a recovery time objective (RTO) of less than 1 hour. Additionally, they want to offload read-only workloads to the secondary database during normal operations. Which Azure SQL Database feature should they enable?
32Drag and drop the steps to configure an Azure Application Gateway with end-to-end TLS encryption into the correct order.
33A company uses Azure Backup to protect on-premises Windows servers. The backup data is stored in a Recovery Services vault. They want to ensure that backup data is protected even if the entire Azure region fails. What should they configure?
34You are reviewing a PowerShell script for Azure SQL Database. The exhibit shows the script that sets backup retention. What is the effect of running this script?
35Refer to the exhibit. An administrator configured Azure Site Recovery for a VM. The replication is ongoing but the health shows a warning. What is the most likely cause?
36Refer to the exhibit. An administrator runs the PowerShell script to enable replication for a VM. The script fails with an error that the VM is not found. What is the most likely cause?
37A company runs a critical application on Azure VMs. They need a backup strategy that meets the following requirements: - Daily backups retained for 35 days - Weekly backups retained for 12 weeks - Monthly backups retained for 36 months - Yearly backups retained for 10 years - Backups must be stored in a geo-redundant storage account Which THREE items must be configured? (Choose three.)
38A company uses Azure Site Recovery to replicate VMs from the primary region to the secondary region. During a disaster, they want to ensure that the failover process is automated and includes runbooks to perform post-failover actions. Which TWO components are required? (Choose two.)
39A company runs a critical application on Azure VMs. They need to ensure that if an entire Azure region fails, the application can be recovered in another region with minimal data loss. They have a recovery point objective (RPO) of 1 hour and a recovery time objective (RTO) of 4 hours. What should they implement?
40Which TWO Azure services can be used to provide cross-region disaster recovery for Azure App Service web applications with a custom domain? (Select TWO.)
41Refer to the exhibit. You deploy this ARM template to create a storage account in the West US region. The business continuity requirement states that if the primary region becomes unavailable, the storage account must be readable within 1 hour. What is the most important limitation of this configuration?
42Refer to the exhibit. This ARM template configures backup for an Azure App Service web app. The backup is scheduled daily. What is the primary limitation of this backup strategy in meeting a disaster recovery RPO of 4 hours?
43A financial services company runs a critical application on Azure VMs with SQL Server Always On availability groups. The primary region is East US, and the secondary region is West US. The business requires automatic failover with zero data loss in case of a regional disaster. Which configuration should you recommend for the availability group?
44Which TWO of the following are valid strategies for achieving high availability for Azure SQL Database?
45Which THREE of the following are required components for a disaster recovery solution using Azure Site Recovery for on-premises Hyper-V VMs?
46Which TWO actions should you take to ensure business continuity for an Azure SQL Managed Instance? (Choose two.)
47Which TWO of the following are requirements for using Azure Site Recovery to protect Azure VMs? (Choose two.)
48You are designing a high-availability solution for a stateful application that uses Azure NetApp Files (ANF) for persistent storage. The application must withstand a zonal failure within a region. What should you do?
49You are designing a disaster recovery plan for an Azure virtual machine running a critical application. The solution must meet an RPO of 1 hour and an RTO of 4 hours. Which TWO actions should you take? (Choose TWO.)
50Contoso Ltd. is a global e-commerce company running its online store on Azure. The application consists of: - Frontend: Azure App Service (Windows) in West US. - Backend: Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) cluster in West US. - Database: Azure SQL Database (General Purpose, S2) in West US. - Cache: Azure Cache for Redis (Standard C1) in West US. - Storage: Azure Blob Storage (LRS) for product images. Business continuity requirements: - RPO: 5 minutes for the database. - RTO: 1 hour for the entire application. - The solution must survive a complete West US region outage. - Budget is limited; minimize additional costs. What should you recommend as the primary DR strategy?
51Your company runs a critical workload on Azure Virtual Machines in a single region. You need to design a disaster recovery solution that meets a Recovery Point Objective (RPO) of 15 minutes and a Recovery Time Objective (RTO) of 1 hour. The solution should minimize cost. What should you recommend?
52Your company runs a mission-critical application on Azure Virtual Machines that requires a Recovery Time Objective (RTO) of 5 minutes and a Recovery Point Objective (RPO) of 1 minute. The application uses a single VM with a managed disk. You need to design a disaster recovery solution that meets these requirements with minimal cost. What should you recommend?
53You are designing a business continuity solution for a global SaaS application that runs on Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) with Azure Cosmos DB as the database. The solution must support multi-region writes and automatic failover with zero data loss. Which THREE components should you include in your design? (Choose three.)
54Your company runs a Windows-based application on Azure Virtual Machines in the Brazil South region. The application uses Azure Files for shared storage and Azure SQL Database (Hyperscale tier) for the database. The business requires a Recovery Point Objective (RPO) of 15 minutes and a Recovery Time Objective (RTO) of 30 minutes for the entire application. The solution must be cost-effective and leverage Azure-native services. You have been asked to design the disaster recovery strategy. Which option should you recommend?
55Your company, Fabrikam Inc., operates a global Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) application that provides real-time analytics. The application runs on Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) with a microservices architecture. The data tier uses Azure Cosmos DB (Core SQL API) with multi-region writes. The application also uses Azure Event Hubs for event ingestion. The business requires a Recovery Time Objective (RTO) of 10 seconds and a Recovery Point Objective (RPO) of 0 for the entire platform. The solution must support active-active configuration across multiple Azure regions. You have been asked to recommend the disaster recovery design. Which option should you recommend?
56Contoso Ltd. runs a mission-critical application on Azure Virtual Machines in the East US region. The application uses Azure SQL Database (Business Critical tier) and stores files in Azure Blob Storage (hot tier). The business requires a Recovery Time Objective (RTO) of 15 minutes and a Recovery Point Objective (RPO) of 5 minutes for the application. For SQL Database, they need the ability to fail over to a secondary region with no data loss. For Blob Storage, they need to maintain read access to data even if the primary region fails. The solution must be cost-optimized and not exceed the RTO/RPO. Which combination of services should you recommend?
57Contoso Ltd. runs a mission-critical application on Azure VMs in the West US region. They require an RPO of 15 minutes and an RTO of 1 hour in case of a regional disaster. They plan to use Azure Site Recovery. The application stores data on managed disks and uses a Premium SSD v2 disk for the database. The application also uses Azure SQL Database for some transactional data. What should Contoso do to meet the recovery objectives for the entire solution?
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