CV0-004 Operations and Support Practice Question
A company uses AWS and wants to verify that its disaster recovery plan meets the defined RTO and RPO objectives. Which type of testing should be performed to simulate a real failover scenario without impacting production?
Answer choices
Why each option matters
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Correct answer & explanation
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Full-scale DR drill
A full-scale DR drill involves actually failing over to the DR environment to validate RTO/RPO without affecting production if isolated.
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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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Tabletop exercise
Why it's wrong here
Tabletop exercises are discussion-based, not a real failover test.
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Chaos engineering
Why it's wrong here
Chaos engineering tests system resilience but not specifically DR plan RTO/RPO.
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Full-scale DR drill
Why this is correct
Full-scale DR drill involves executing the failover plan to validate RTO/RPO without impacting production (using a sandbox or isolated environment).
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Partial failover test
Why it's wrong here
Partial tests may not fully validate RTO/RPO for the entire system.
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