- A
Backup and restore using daily snapshots to a different Region
Why wrong: Daily snapshots exceed 15 min RPO.
- B
Warm standby in a different AWS Region with database replication
Can meet RTO 1 hr and RPO 15 min.
- C
Cold standby in a different Region with infrastructure deployed on demand
Why wrong: RTO likely exceeds 1 hour.
- D
Pilot light in a different Region with database replication
Can meet RTO 1 hr and RPO 15 min.
- E
Multi-AZ deployment in the same Region
Why wrong: Does not protect against Region failure.
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DOP-C02 Resilient Cloud Solutions Practice Question
This DOP-C02 practice question tests your understanding of resilient cloud solutions. This is a configuration task: choose the command set that satisfies every stated requirement. Small differences — like 'secret' vs 'password' or 'transport input ssh' vs 'all' — change whether the answer is correct. After answering, compare your reasoning against the explanation and wrong-answer breakdown below. Once you have made your selection, read the full explanation to reinforce the concept and understand why each distractor is designed to mislead on exam day.
A company is designing a disaster recovery plan for an application running on AWS. The plan must meet an RTO of 1 hour and an RPO of 15 minutes. Which TWO strategies can achieve these objectives? (Select TWO.)
Answer choices
Why each option matters
Answer the question above first, then reveal the full breakdown to understand why each option is right or wrong.
Correct answer & explanation
✓
Warm standby in a different AWS Region with database replication
Option B (Warm standby) is correct because it maintains a scaled-down but fully functional copy of the production environment in a different AWS Region, with database replication (e.g., Amazon RDS cross-Region read replicas or Aurora Global Database) ensuring an RPO of 15 minutes or less. The standby infrastructure can be scaled up within the 1-hour RTO, as it is already running and configured.
Key principle: Answer the scenario, not the keyword: identify the specific constraint before choosing the most familiar-sounding option.
Answer analysis
Option-by-option breakdown
For each option: why learners choose it and why it is or isn't the right answer here.
- ✗
Backup and restore using daily snapshots to a different Region
Why it's wrong here
Daily snapshots exceed 15 min RPO.
- ✓
Warm standby in a different AWS Region with database replication
Why this is correct
Can meet RTO 1 hr and RPO 15 min.
Related concept
Read the scenario before looking for a memorised answer.
- ✗
Cold standby in a different Region with infrastructure deployed on demand
Why it's wrong here
RTO likely exceeds 1 hour.
- ✓
Pilot light in a different Region with database replication
Why this is correct
Can meet RTO 1 hr and RPO 15 min.
Related concept
Read the scenario before looking for a memorised answer.
- ✗
Multi-AZ deployment in the same Region
Why it's wrong here
Does not protect against Region failure.
Common exam traps
Common exam trap: answer the scenario, not the keyword
The trap here is that candidates often confuse Multi-AZ deployments (which are high availability within a Region) with cross-Region disaster recovery, failing to recognize that Multi-AZ does not protect against a full Regional outage.
Detailed technical explanation
How to think about this question
For warm standby, database replication can be implemented using Amazon RDS cross-Region read replicas with MySQL or PostgreSQL, which use asynchronous replication with a typical lag of seconds to a few minutes, meeting the 15-minute RPO. Pilot light (Option D) is also correct because it keeps core data (e.g., database replicas) running in the DR Region while compute resources are stopped; during failover, the compute layer is started and configured, which can be automated to complete within 1 hour using AWS CloudFormation or Elastic Beanstalk.
KKey Concepts to Remember
- Read the scenario before looking for a memorised answer.
- Find the constraint that changes the correct option.
- Eliminate answers that are true in general but not in this case.
TExam Day Tips
- Watch for words such as best, first, most likely and least administrative effort.
- Review why wrong options are wrong, not only why the correct option is correct.
Key takeaway
Answer the scenario, not the keyword: identify the specific constraint before choosing the most familiar-sounding option.
Real-world example
How this comes up in practice
A media company stores terabytes of video archives that are accessed once a year for audit purposes. Moving these objects to a cold storage tier (Azure Archive, S3 Glacier, or Google Nearline) costs a fraction of hot storage. Questions like this test whether you understand storage tiers, access frequency tradeoffs, and retrieval latency requirements.
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Resilient Cloud Solutions — This question tests Resilient Cloud Solutions — Read the scenario before looking for a memorised answer..
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The correct answer is: Warm standby in a different AWS Region with database replication — Option B (Warm standby) is correct because it maintains a scaled-down but fully functional copy of the production environment in a different AWS Region, with database replication (e.g., Amazon RDS cross-Region read replicas or Aurora Global Database) ensuring an RPO of 15 minutes or less. The standby infrastructure can be scaled up within the 1-hour RTO, as it is already running and configured.
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