PAS-C01 Automated backups Practice Question
An SAP system on AWS uses Amazon RDS for its database. The operations team needs to perform a point-in-time recovery (PITR) to restore the database to a specific timestamp. Which AWS feature enables PITR for RDS?
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
✓
Automated backups
Automated backups (option C) enable point-in-time recovery (PITR) for Amazon RDS. They provide continuous backups that allow restoring the database to any point within the retention period. Option A (Manual DB snapshots) are user-initiated and not used for PITR. Option B (Read Replicas) are for read scaling, not recovery. Option D (Multi-AZ deployment) provides high availability, not PITR.
Answer analysis
Option-by-option breakdown
For each option: why learners choose it and why it is or isn't the right answer here.
- ✗
Manual DB snapshots
Why it's wrong here
Manual DB snapshots are user-initiated and do not support point-in-time recovery.
- ✗
Read Replicas
Why it's wrong here
Read Replicas are for read scaling and do not provide point-in-time recovery.
- ✓
Automated backups
Why this is correct
Automated backups enable point-in-time recovery to any second within the retention period.
- ✗
Multi-AZ deployment
Why it's wrong here
Multi-AZ deployment is for high availability and failover, not point-in-time recovery.
Go deeper
Related to this question
About these practice questions
Courseiva writes every PAS-C01 question from scratch — 1,616 in total, each with an explanation and a wrong-answer breakdown. None are copied from real exams or dumps. Learn why practice questions differ from exam dumps →
JA
Written by Johnson Ajibi, MSc IT Security
Senior Network & Security Engineer · founder of Courseiva
This PAS-C01 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 PAS-C01 exam.