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Google PCA Practice Question: Managing Implementation and Ensuring Solution and Operations Reliability
A company has a Cloud SQL for MySQL instance with automated backups enabled. They need to recover the database to a specific point in time within the last hour. Which feature should they use?
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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Point-in-time recovery (PITR)
Point-in-time recovery (PITR) restores a Cloud SQL instance to a specific time, using binary logs. Automated backups alone restore to the backup time, not arbitrary points. Failover replica is for high availability. Import is for loading data from a file.
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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Failover replica
Why it's wrong here
Failover replicas are for HA, not for recovery to a specific point.
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Point-in-time recovery (PITR)
Why this is correct
PITR allows restoring to any point within the retention period.
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Automated backup restore
Why it's wrong here
Restores to the time of the backup, not a specific point in time.
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Import using the mysqldump file
Why it's wrong here
Import is for loading data from a dump, not point-in-time recovery.
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Introduction to Google Cloud Platform
Key term
High availability
High availability is a system design approach that aims to keep applications and services operational and accessible with minimal downtime, even when some components fail.
Key term
Data
Data is raw, unprocessed information, like numbers, words, or measurements, that can be stored, processed, and analyzed by computers.
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