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CV0-004 Practice Question: Designing a disaster recovery (DR) plan for a…
A company is designing a disaster recovery (DR) plan for a critical application hosted in a public cloud. The application requires a recovery time objective (RTO) of 1 hour and a recovery point objective (RPO) of 15 minutes. Which of the following DR strategies BEST meets these requirements?
⚠ Common exam trap
CompTIA often tests the distinction between 'pilot light' and 'warm standby' — the trap here is that candidates confuse hourly snapshots (pilot light) with continuous replication, failing to recognize that hourly snapshots cannot achieve a 15-minute RPO.
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
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Warm standby with continuous data replication.
Warm standby with continuous data replication meets the RTO of 1 hour and RPO of 15 minutes because it maintains a partially scaled-down replica of the production environment that can be quickly scaled up, and continuous replication (e.g., using asynchronous replication or Change Block Tracking) ensures data loss is limited to seconds or minutes, well within the 15-minute RPO.
Answer analysis
Option-by-option breakdown
For each option: why learners choose it and why it is or isn't the right answer here.
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Backup and restore with daily backups.
Why it's wrong here
Daily backups result in an RPO of up to 24 hours, exceeding 15 minutes.
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Cold standby with nightly backups.
Why it's wrong here
Cold standby has a high RTO and nightly backups give an RPO of up to 24 hours.
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Pilot light with hourly snapshots.
Why it's wrong here
Hourly snapshots give an RPO of up to 60 minutes, exceeding 15 minutes.
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Warm standby with continuous data replication.
Why this is correct
Warm standby with continuous replication meets both RTO and RPO targets.
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