Match each AWS disaster recovery strategy to its description.
Drag a concept onto its matching description — or click a concept then click the description.
Lowest cost, RPO in hours, RTO in hours to days
Core services run in standby, ready to scale
Scaled-down production environment, ready to scale up
Both sites serve traffic, failover is immediate
One site active, other on standby
Answer choices
Answer the question above first, then reveal the full breakdown to understand why each option is right or wrong.
Correct answer & explanation
Backup and Restore: Data is backed up to S3 and restored when needed.
AWS DR strategies range from low-cost/high-RTO (Backup and Restore) to high-cost/low-RTO (Multi-Site). Pilot Light has minimal core services running, Warm Standby has a scaled-down environment, and Multi-Site has fully active regions. Common confusions include swapping definitions between similar strategies.
Answer analysis
For each option: why learners choose it and why it is or isn't the right answer here.
Backup and Restore: Data is backed up to S3 and restored when needed.
Why this is correct
This correctly describes the Backup and Restore strategy, which has the highest RTO/RPO but lowest cost.
Pilot Light: Core services run at minimal capacity, scaled up during failover.
Why this is correct
This correctly describes Pilot Light, where a core set of services (like a pilot light) is always on and scaled up during failover.
Warm Standby: A scaled-down version of the environment runs and can be scaled up quickly.
Why this is correct
This correctly describes Warm Standby, which has faster recovery than Pilot Light because more resources are already running.
Multi-Site Active/Active: Fully functional environment runs in multiple Regions, traffic routed via Route53.
Why this is correct
This correctly describes Multi-Site Active/Active, which provides the lowest RTO/RPO but highest cost.
Backup and Restore: A scaled-down version of the environment runs and can be scaled up quickly.
Why it's wrong here
Incorrect — this description is for Warm Standby, not Backup and Restore.
Pilot Light: Data is backed up to S3 and restored when needed.
Why it's wrong here
Incorrect — this describes Backup and Restore, not Pilot Light.
Go deeper
About these practice questions
One of 1,660 original SAP-C02 practice questions on Courseiva, each with a full explanation and wrong-answer analysis — not exam dumps or protected exam content. Learn why practice questions differ from exam dumps →
Written by Johnson Ajibi, MSc IT Security
Senior Network & Security Engineer · founder of Courseiva
This SAP-C02 practice question is part of Courseiva's free Amazon Web Services certification practice question bank. Courseiva provides original exam-style practice questions with explanations, topic-based practice, mock exams, readiness tracking, and study analytics to help learners prepare for the SAP-C02 exam.