ICM MCQ

ICM MCQ
Multiple Choice Questions - ICM Document
Module-1: Digital Universe, Information
Growth and Management, Information Storage,
Data Centers, Computing Platforms
1. What is the Digital Universe primarily defined and
created by, according to the document?
a) Hardware
b) Software
c) Networks
d) Users
2. Digital data is continuously generated, collected,
stored, and analyzed through what?
a) Manual processes
b) Analog systems
c) Software
d) Physical documents
3. According to IDC, how much digital data is reported
annually?
a) 4.4 billion GB
b) 4.4 trillion MB
c) 4.4 trillion GB
d) 4.4 quadrillion GB
4. Which of the following is NOT listed as adding to data
growth?
a) Proliferation of IT
b) Internet usage
c) Social media
d) Decreased device usage
5. What is defined as "A collection of facts that is
transmitted and stored in electronic form, and
processed through software"?
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a) Information
b) Digital Data
c) Unstructured Data
d) Structured Data
6. Which type of data has no inherent structure and is
usually stored as different types of files (e.g., text
documents, PDFs, images, and videos)?
a) Structured Data
b) Semi-Structured Data
c) Quasi-Structured Data
d) Unstructured Data
7. Textual data with erratic formats that can be
formatted with effort and software tools (e.g.,
Clickstream data) is classified as:
a) Structured Data
b) Semi-Structured Data
c) Quasi-Structured Data
d) Unstructured Data
8. Data having a defined data model, format, and
structure (e.g., Database) is known as:
a) Structured Data
b) Semi-Structured Data
c) Quasi-Structured Data
d) Unstructured Data
9. Information is stored on storage devices on what type
of media?
a) Volatile media
b) Non-volatile media
c) Temporary media
d) Cache media
10. Which of the following is NOT listed as a type of
storage device?
a) Magnetic storage devices
b) Optical storage devices

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c) Cloud-based storage devices

d) Flash-based storage devices
11. a storage system is defined as a hardware component
that contains a group of homogeneous/heterogeneous
storage devices assembled within a:
a) Server
b) Network
c) Cabinet
d) Data center rack
12. What is a facility that houses IT equipment including
compute, storage, and network components, and other
supporting infrastructure for providing centralized
data-processing capabilities?
a) Server room
b) Data Center
c) Cloud platform
d) Storage array
13. Which characteristic of data centers ensures that data
is stored and retrieved exactly as it was received?
a) Availability
b) Security
c) Data Integrity
d) Manageability
14. What is the data center management process that
involves configuring and allocating resources to meet
capacity, availability, performance, and security
requirements?
a) Monitoring
b) Reporting
c) Provisioning
d) Planning
15. The "First Platform" for computing was primarily based
on:
a) Client-server model
b) Mobile devices
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c) Mainframes
d) Cloud computing
16. In the "Second Platform" (client-server model), what
was a common challenge mentioned?
a) High acquisition costs
b) Creation of IT silos
c) Billions of users
d) Centralized processing
17. What is the primary purpose of organizations
implementing intelligent storage solutions?
a) To increase manual data entry
b) To efficiently store and manage information
c) To reduce internet usage
d) To decrease IT infrastructure
18. What is "Information" defined as in the document?
a) Raw, unprocessed facts
b) A collection of facts
c) Processed data that is presented in a specific
context
d) Data stored in electronic form
19. Which type of storage device includes Hard disk drives
and magnetic tapes?
a) Optical storage devices
b) Flash-based storage devices
c) Magnetic storage devices
d) Solid state drives
20. Which type of storage device includes Blu-ray disc,
DVD, and CD?
a) Magnetic storage devices
b) Flash-based storage devices
c) Optical storage devices
d) Solid state drives
21. Which type of storage device includes Solid state
drive, memory card, and USB thumb drive?
a) Magnetic storage devices
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b) Optical storage devices

c) Flash-based storage devices
d) Hard disk drives
22. Besides IT equipment, what other supporting
infrastructure is housed in a data center?
a) Personal computers
b) Power supply, fire detection, HVAC, and security
systems
c) Social media servers
d) Mobile devices
23. Which characteristic of data centers states that when
capacity requirements increase, additional capacity
should be provided without interrupting availability?
a) Scalability
b) Performance
c) Availability
d) Capacity
24. What data center management process involves
continuously gathering information on data center
resources?
a) Reporting
b) Provisioning
c) Monitoring
d) Planning
25. What data center management process involves
presenting the details on resource performance,
capacity, and utilization?
a) Monitoring
b) Reporting
c) Provisioning
d) Maintenance
26. What data center management process involves
estimating the amount of resources required to support
business operations?
a) Monitoring
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b) Reporting
c) Provisioning
d) Planning
27. What data center management process involves ensuring
the proper functioning of resources and resolving
incidents?
a) Monitoring
b) Reporting
c) Provisioning
d) Maintenance
28. What was a challenge associated with the "First
Platform" (mainframes)?
a) Low acquisition costs
b) Substantial CAPEX and OPEX
c) Easy scalability
d) Distributed processing
29. In the client-server model (Second Platform), what is
a common issue that makes it difficult to efficiently
utilize or share IT resources?
a) Centralized management
b) Creation of application and information silos
c) High scalability
d) Reduced maintenance overhead
30. What is the "Internet of Things" described as in the
document?
a) A social media platform
b) Internet-connected equipment and sensors
c) A new type of digital data
d) A software-defined infrastructure

Module-2: Cloud computing, Big Data

Analytics
1. Cloud is defined as a collection of network-accessible
hardware and software resources that consists of:
a) Individual servers
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b) IT resource pools deployed in data centers

c) Personal computers
d) Standalone applications
2. Which cloud characteristic allows the consumer to
unilaterally provision computing capabilities, such as
server time or networked storage, as needed
automatically without requiring human interaction with
each service provider?
a) Broad Network Access
b) Resource Pooling
c) Rapid Elasticity
d) On-Demand Self-Service
3. In which cloud service model does the consumer
provision processing, storage, networks, and other
fundamental computing resources, while being able to
deploy and run arbitrary software?
a) SaaS
b) PaaS
c) IaaS
d) DaaS
4. Which cloud service model allows the consumer to use
the provider’s applications running on a cloud
infrastructure, accessible from various client devices
through a thin client interface?
a) IaaS
b) PaaS
c) SaaS
d) CaaS
5. When the cloud infrastructure is provisioned for open
use by the general public, it is known as a:
a) Private Cloud
b) Community Cloud
c) Hybrid Cloud
d) Public Cloud

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6. a private cloud deployed by an organization in its

data center within its own premises is called:
a) Externally hosted private cloud
b) On-premise private cloud
c) Public cloud
d) Hybrid cloud
7. What is the term for provisioning resources for a
limited time from a public cloud to handle peak
workloads?
a) Cloud migration
b) Cloud bursting
c) Cloud development
d) Cloud testing
8. a central repository of integrated data gathered from
different sources, storing current and historical data
in a structured format, and designed for query and
analysis to support decision making is a:
a) Data lake
b) Data warehouse
c) Data stream
d) Data mart
9. In a data lake, when is data classified, organized, or
analyzed?
a) Before storage
b) Only when it is accessed
c) Continuously
d) Never
10. Big Data storage systems typically consist of multiple
nodes collectively called a:
a) Server farm
b) Cluster
c) Data center
d) Storage array
11. What is the primary benefit of the cloud model for
consumers?
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a) It requires significant upfront investment.

b) It enables consumers to hire IT resources as
services.
c) It eliminates the need for any network access.
d) It restricts access to a shared pool of resources.
12. Which cloud characteristic states that capabilities
are available over the network and accessed through
standard mechanisms?
a) On-Demand Self-Service
b) Resource Pooling
c) Broad Network Access
d) Measured Service
13. Which cloud characteristic involves the provider’s
computing resources being pooled to serve multiple
consumers using a multi-tenant model?
a) On-Demand Self-Service
b) Resource Pooling
c) Rapid Elasticity
d) Measured Service
14. Which cloud characteristic states that capabilities
can be rapidly and elastically provisioned, in some
cases automatically, to scale rapidly outward and
inward commensurate with demand?
a) Broad Network Access
b) Resource Pooling
c) Rapid Elasticity
d) Measured Service
15. Which cloud characteristic involves resource usage
being monitored, controlled, and reported, providing
transparency for both the provider and consumer?
a) On-Demand Self-Service
b) Broad Network Access
c) Rapid Elasticity
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16. In IaaS, what does the consumer NOT manage or control?

a) Operating systems
b) Deployed applications
c) Underlying cloud infrastructure
d) Limited networking components
17. In PaaS, what does the consumer have control over?
a) Underlying cloud infrastructure including network,
servers, operating systems, or storage
b) Deployed applications and possibly consumer-created
or acquired applications
c) Individual application capabilities
d) Network and servers
18. In SaaS, what does the consumer NOT manage or control?
a) User-specific application configuration settings
b) The provider's applications
c) Underlying cloud infrastructure including network,
servers, operating systems, storage, or individual
application capabilities
d) Access from various client devices
19. What is a concern for consumers when using public
cloud services?
a) High up-front expenditure on IT resources
b) Low up-front expenditure on IT resources
c) Network availability and risks associated with
multi-tenancy
d) Complete visibility and control over cloud
resources
20. What is a "Community Cloud" defined as?
a) Provisioned for open use by the general public.
b) Provisioned for exclusive use by a single
organization.
c) A composition of two or more distinct cloud
infrastructures.
d) Provisioned for exclusive use by a specific

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community of consumers from organizations that have

shared concerns.
21. What is the primary characteristic of an "externally-
hosted" private cloud?
a) It is deployed by an organization in its own data
center.
b) An organization outsources the implementation of
the private cloud to an external cloud service
provider.
c) It is provisioned for open use by the general
public.
d) It is a composition of two or more distinct cloud
infrastructures.
22. What is a "Hybrid Cloud" defined as?
a) A cloud infrastructure provisioned for open use by
the general public.
b) A cloud infrastructure provisioned for exclusive
use by a single organization.
c) A composition of two or more distinct cloud
infrastructures (private, community, or public).
d) A cloud infrastructure provisioned for exclusive
use by a specific community.
23. Which of the following is an example of a Hybrid Cloud
use case mentioned in the document?
a) Hosting mission-critical applications on a private
cloud only.
b) Migrating standard packaged applications like e-
mail to the public cloud.
c) Storing all data in a data warehouse.
d) Implementing a single-tier architecture.
24. What is a "Data Lake" defined as?
a) A central repository of integrated structured data.
b) A collection of data stored as an exact or near-
exact copy of the source format, classified only when
accessed.

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c) A database designed for query and analysis to

support decision making.
d) A system that stores only non-structured data.
25. What is the purpose of a data lake?
a) To present a refined view of data to business
users.
b) To enable highly-skilled analysts to implement
their own data refinement and analysis techniques.
c) To store only structured data for immediate
querying.
d) To eliminate the need for data analysis.
26. What type of database may be implemented on top of the
distributed file system in Big Data storage systems?
a) Relational database
b) SQL database
c) NoSQL database
d) Hierarchical database
27. What is a characteristic of each node in a Big Data
storage cluster?
a) It only has storage capacity.
b) It only has processing capability.
c) It has both processing capability and storage
capacity.
d) It is based on a centralized file system.
28. What does the query component in Big Data analytics
simplify?
a) The creation of structured data.
b) The specification of MapReduce operations and
retrieval/analysis of results.
c) The manual classification of data.
d) The process of data backup.
29. What type of data is the query component in Big Data
analytics designed to retrieve and process?
a) Massive amounts of structured data only.
b) Massive amounts of non-structured data.
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c) Small amounts of semi-structured data.

d) Data from a single source.
30. What does the cloud model enable consumers to do
regarding IT resources?
a) Purchase them outright.
b) Hire them as services.
c) Manage all underlying infrastructure.
d) Develop their own cloud infrastructure.

Module-3: Data Center Infrastructure,

Compute System, Compute, Application, and
Desktop Virtualization
1. Which of the following is NOT one of the three cross-
layer functions in a data center infrastructure?
a) Business continuity
b) Security
c) Management
d) Application development
2. What is the foundation layer of the data center
infrastructure, comprising physical components like
compute systems, storage, and network devices?
a) Virtual infrastructure
b) Software-defined infrastructure
c) Physical infrastructure
d) Orchestration
3. Virtualization abstracts physical resources and
creates virtual resources. Which of the following is a
benefit of virtualization?
a) Decreased ROI
b) Fixed resource provisioning
c) Improved resource utilization
d) Increased manual intervention
4. What enables ITaaS (IT as a Service) by abstracting
underlying resources from applications and providing
centralized, automated, and policy-driven management?
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a) Physical infrastructure
b) Virtual infrastructure
c) Software-defined Infrastructure
d) Orchestration
5. What provides workflows for executing automated tasks
and interacts with various components across layers
and functions to invoke provisioning tasks?
a) Service catalog
b) Self-service portal
c) Orchestration software
d) Physical compute
6. Which component of the services layer is a database of
information about the services, including description,
types, cost, SLAs, and security mechanisms?
a) Self-service portal
b) Service catalog
c) Orchestration engine
d) Management console
7. a computing platform (hardware and system software)
that runs applications is known as a:
a) Storage system
b) Network device
c) Compute System
d) Virtual machine
8. Which logical component of a compute system acts as an
interface between the user and the hardware, managing
program execution, memory, and resources?
a) Device driver
b) File system
c) Operating System
d) Logical volume manager
9. What is the process of moving inactive physical memory
pages onto the swap file and bringing them back to
physical memory when required?
a) Caching
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b) Paging
c) Swapping
d) Virtualization
10. Which type of compute system occupies significant
floor space and requires complex cabling, typically
used in smaller environments?
a) Rack-mounted Servers
b) Blade Servers
c) Tower Servers
d) Mainframes
11. What is the software that provides a virtualization
layer for abstracting compute system hardware and
enables the creation of multiple virtual machines?
a) Operating System
b) Device Driver
c) Hypervisor
d) Logical Volume Manager
12. Which type of hypervisor is directly installed on the
physical hardware and designed for enterprise
datacenters?
a) Hosted hypervisor
b) Bare-metal hypervisor
c) Application hypervisor
d) Desktop hypervisor
13. What is the technique of decoupling an application
from the underlying computing platform (OS and
hardware) to enable the application to be used on a
compute system without installation?
a) Compute Virtualization
b) Desktop Virtualization
c) Application Virtualization
d) Network Virtualization
14. Which application virtualization technique involves
the application being hosted and executing remotely,
with its UI data transmitted to the client?
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a) Application Encapsulation
b) Application Presentation
c) Application Streaming
d) Application Installation
15. What technology decouples the OS, applications, and
user state from a physical compute system to create a
virtual desktop environment accessible from any client
device?
a) Server Virtualization
b) Application Virtualization
c) Desktop Virtualization
d) Storage Virtualization
16. In Desktop Virtualization, which technique involves
the OS and applications being hosted on a remote
compute system and shared by multiple users?
a) Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI)
b) Remote Desktop Service (RDS)
c) Persistent Desktop
d) Non-Persistent Desktop
17. What are the three cross-layer functions mentioned in
the document for data center infrastructure?
a) Compute, Storage, Network
b) Business continuity, security, and management
c) Physical, Virtual, Software-defined
d) Monitoring, Reporting, Provisioning
18. What does the physical infrastructure layer execute?
a) Virtual machine requests
b) Requests generated by the virtual and software-
defined layers
c) Orchestration workflows
d) Service catalog queries
19. What is a key benefit of virtualization related to
resource utilization?
a) Decreased resource utilization
b) Improved resource utilization and increased ROI
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c) Increased hardware purchasing costs

d) Reduced flexibility in resource provisioning
20. What is the primary purpose of "Orchestration" in a
data center?
a) To directly manage physical hardware
b) To provide workflows for executing automated tasks
c) To store service information
d) To interact with users via a self-service portal
21. What does the "Services" layer deliver to users?
a) Physical IT equipment
b) IT resources as services
c) Raw data
d) Manual management tasks
22. What is the purpose of "Business Continuity" in the
data center context?
a) To only respond to disasters after they occur.
b) To ensure the availability of services in line with
SLA.
c) To reduce the need for data protection solutions.
d) To increase manual intervention during downtime.
23. Which administrative mechanism is specified for
security in the data center?
a) Firewall
b) Intrusion detection systems
c) Security and personnel policies
d) Antivirus
24. What is a "compute cluster"?
a) A single compute system with multiple processors.
b) A group of two or more compute systems logically
viewed as a single system.
c) A network of storage devices.
d) A virtual machine running multiple applications.
25. What is the function of a "device driver" in an OS?
a) To manage memory.
b) To interact with a particular hardware resource.
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c) To execute applications.
d) To manage file systems.
26. What is "Virtual Memory"?
a) The physical RAM installed in a compute system.
b) Memory directly accessed by the processor.
c) Memory virtualization feature of an OS that
allocates secondary storage to create a larger address
space.
d) A type of cache memory.
27. What is a "swap space" (also known as page file or
swap file)?
a) A portion of physical memory.
b) A portion of the storage drive used as physical
memory.
c) A dedicated area for application installation.
d) A temporary storage for network traffic.
28. What is the purpose of a "Logical Volume Manager
(LVM)"?
a) To directly manage physical disk sectors.
b) To create and control compute level logical
storage, providing a logical view of physical storage.
c) To manage network connectivity.
d) To install operating systems.
29. What is a "File" defined as in the document?
a) A collection of unrelated records.
b) A collection of related records stored as a single
named unit in contiguous logical address space.
c) A physical block on a disk.
d) A directory structure.
30. What is the smallest unit allocated for storing data
in a file system?
a) A directory
b) A file
c) A file system block
d) A logical volume
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Module-4: Intelligent Storage Systems, RAID

1. What is a feature-rich RAID array that provides highly
optimized I/O processing capabilities and intelligent
resource management?
a) Basic Storage System
b) Intelligent Storage System
c) Direct Attached Storage
d) Network Attached Storage
2. Which of the following is NOT listed as a feature of
Intelligent Storage Systems?
a) Supports combination of HDD and SSD
b) Manual storage tiering
c) Deduplication, compression, and encryption
d) Multi-tenancy
3. Which component of an Intelligent Storage System is a
compute system that runs a purpose-built operating
system responsible for serving I/Os, storage
management, and RAID protection?
a) Storage
b) Platter
c) Controller
d) Spindle
4. What are the two R/W heads per platter in an HDD used
for?
a) Only reading data
b) Only writing data
c) Reading and writing data
d) Spinning the platter
5. What is the time taken by the R/W head to move from
one random track to another, impacting HDD
performance?
a) Rotational Latency
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c) Seek Time (Average)

d) Disk Service Time
6. What is the average amount of data per unit time that
the drive can deliver to the HBA?
a) Seek Time
b) Rotational Latency
c) Data Transfer Rate
d) Disk Service Time
7. According to the document, for performance-sensitive
applications, disks are commonly utilized below what
percentage of their I/O serving capability?
a) 50%
b) 70%
c) 80%
d) 90%
8. What is a technique that combines multiple disk drives
into a logical unit (RAID set) and provides
protection, performance, or both?
a) JBOD
b) LVM
c) RAID
d) SAN
9. Which RAID implementation method uses compute system-
based software to provide RAID functions at the
operating-system level?
a) Hardware level RAID
b) External RAID Controller
c) Software level RAID
d) Controller Card RAID
10. What RAID technique involves spreading data across
multiple drives to use them in parallel for
simultaneous read/write operations?
a) Mirroring
b) Parity

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c) Striping
d) Hot Sparing
11. Which RAID technique stores the same data on two
different disk drives, yielding two copies of the
data, providing complete data redundancy?
a) Striping
b) Parity
c) Mirroring
d) RAID 0
12. What is a redundancy technique that ensures protection
of data without maintaining a full set of duplicate
data, using a mathematical construct to re-create
missing data?
a) Mirroring
b) Striping
c) Parity
d) RAID 1
13. Which RAID level uses data striping, provides high I/O
throughput, but does NOT provide data protection or
availability during drive failures?
a) RAID 1
b) RAID 5
c) RAID 0
d) RAID 1+0
14. Which RAID level consists of two disk drives where
every write is written to both disks, suitable for
applications requiring high availability where cost is
not a constraint?
a) RAID 0
b) RAID 3
c) RAID 5
d) RAID 1
15. What is the process that temporarily replaces a failed
disk drive with a spare drive in a RAID array by
taking the identity of the failed disk drive?
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a) Data reconstruction
b) Dynamic Disk Sparing (Hot Sparing)
c) RAID rebuilding
d) Disk mirroring
16. What is the primary purpose of the "purpose-built
operating environment" in an Intelligent Storage
System?
a) To run general-purpose applications.
b) To provide large amounts of cache and multiple I/O
paths.
c) To connect to external networks.
d) To manage user access.
17. What is the component of an HDD that connects all the
platters and is connected to a motor?
a) Read/Write Head
b) Platter
c) Spindle
d) Actuator arm
18. How is the "Total Number of Blocks" calculated for a
physical disk structure?
a) Sectors + Heads + Cylinders
b) Sectors X Heads X Cylinders
c) Sectors / Heads X Cylinders
d) Heads X Cylinders
19. What is "Rotational Latency" in HDD performance?
a) Time taken to position the R/W head.
b) Time taken by the platter to rotate and position
the data under the R/W head.
c) Speed at which data moves from platter to internal
buffer.
d) Time taken for an I/O request to complete.
20. What is "Average Rotational Latency" equivalent to?
a) The time taken for a full rotation.
b) One-half of the time taken for a full rotation.
c) The time taken for the R/W head to move across the
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entire width of the disk.

d) The time taken for data transfer.
21. What is "Internal Transfer Rate" in HDD performance?
a) Rate at which data move through the interface to
the HBA.
b) Speed at which data moves from a platter’s surface
to the internal buffer of the disk.
c) The average amount of data per unit time the drive
can deliver.
d) The speed of the spindle rotation.
22. What is "External Transfer Rate" in HDD performance?
a) Speed at which data moves from a platter’s surface
to the internal buffer of the disk.
b) Rate at which data move through the interface to
the HBA.
c) The average amount of data per unit time the drive
can deliver.
d) The speed of the spindle rotation.
23. What does "TS" represent in the formula for IOPS
serviced by a disk?
a) Total Storage
b) Transfer Speed
c) Disk Service Time
d) Throughput
24. What is the primary benefit of RAID over individual
disks?
a) Reduced cost
b) Increased physical storage space
c) Data protection and/or performance improvement
d) Simplified cabling
25. What is "Stripe" defined as in RAID techniques?
a) A single disk drive.
b) A predefined number of contiguously addressable
disk blocks within each disk.
c) The set of aligned strips that spans across all the
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disks within the RAID set.

d) The number of data strips in a stripe.
26. What does "Strip size (Strip depth)" describe?
a) The number of disks in a RAID set.
b) The number of blocks in a strip.
c) The total capacity of a stripe.
d) The number of R/W heads.
27. What is a key characteristic of mirroring in terms of
storage cost?
a) It reduces the amount of storage needed.
b) It requires double the amount of storage because of
duplication.
c) It has no impact on storage cost.
d) It only requires an additional disk drive for
parity.
28. What is the primary difference between mirroring and
parity in terms of cost?
a) Mirroring is less expensive.
b) Parity implementation considerably reduces the cost
associated with data protection.
c) Both have the same cost.
d) Parity is only used for performance, not
protection.
29. How many I/O operations does every write (update) to a
disk manifest as in RAID 1?
a) One
b) Two (2 disk writes)
c) Four (2 disk reads and 2 disk writes)
d) Six (3 disk reads and 3 disk writes)
30. What happens to the hot spare when a new disk is added
to replace a failed drive in a RAID array?
a) The hot spare becomes the new primary drive.
b) The hot spare gets data from the new disk.
c) The hot spare becomes idle.
d) The hot spare is permanently removed.
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Module-5: Block-Based Storage System

1. Which architecture provides the capability to scale
the capacity and performance of a single storage
system based on requirements, often involving
upgrading or adding controllers and storage?
a) Scale-Out
b) Scale-Up
c) Distributed
d) Clustered
2. Which architecture provides the capability to maximize
its capacity by simply adding nodes to the cluster?
a) Scale-Up
b) Scale-Out
c) Monolithic
d) Centralized
3. Which of the following is NOT one of the three main
components of the Controller in a Block-Based Storage
System?
a) Front End
b) Cache
c) Back End
d) Disk Drives
4. What component of the controller provides the
interface between the storage system and the compute
system, containing front-end ports and controllers?
a) Cache
b) Back End
c) Front End
d) Storage
5. What is the semiconductor memory where data is placed
temporarily to reduce the time required to service I/O
requests from the compute system, improving
performance by isolating compute systems from
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a) RAM
b) HDD
c) Cache
d) SSD
6. When the requested data is found in the cache during a
read operation, it is called a:
a) Cache Miss
b) Read Hit
c) Prefetch
d) Write Hit
7. Which write operation with cache involves data being
placed in the cache and immediately written to the
storage, with an acknowledgment sent only after the
data is committed to storage?
a) Write Back Cache
b) Write Through Cache
c) Global Cache
d) Dedicated Cache
8. Which cache management algorithm discards data that
has not been accessed for a long time, assuming it
will not be requested by the compute system soon?
a) Most Recently Used (MRU)
b) Least Recently Used (LRU)
c) Fixed Prefetch
d) Variable Prefetch
9. What is the process of committing data from cache to
the storage drives?
a) Caching
b) Prefetching
c) Flushing
d) Vaulting
10. Which cache data protection method provides protection
to data against cache failure by holding each write to
the cache in two different memory locations on two
independent memory cards?
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a) Cache Vaulting
b) Cache Mirroring
c) Data Deduplication
d) Data Compression
11. What type of access to storage does a Block-Based
Storage System provide to the compute system?
a) File-based access
b) Object-based access
c) Block-based access
d) Stream-based access
12. What is the primary function of the "Front-End Ports"
in a storage controller?
a) To connect to physical drives.
b) To route data to and from cache.
c) To enable large numbers of compute systems to
connect to the storage system.
d) To manage RAID protection.
13. What is the primary benefit of cache in a storage
system?
a) To increase mechanical delays.
b) To improve storage system performance by isolating
compute systems from mechanical delays.
c) To reduce the amount of physical storage.
d) To provide long-term data archival.
14. What happens during a "Cache Miss" in a read
operation?
a) The requested data is found in cache.
b) The requested data is not found in cache.
c) Data is immediately written to storage.
d) An acknowledgment is sent to the compute system.
15. What is "Prefetch (read-ahead)" used for?
a) To write data to cache.
b) To retrieve data that has not yet been requested by
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c) To discard old data from cache.

d) To protect data against power failure.
16. When is "Variable Prefetch" used?
a) When a fixed amount of data is prefetched.
b) When an amount of data in multiples of the size of
the compute system request is prefetched.
c) To limit the number of data blocks that can be
prefetched.
d) When read requests are random.
17. What is the purpose of "Maximum Prefetch"?
a) To increase the number of data blocks prefetched.
b) To limit the number of data blocks that can be
prefetched to prevent the storage from being rendered
busy with prefetch.
c) To ensure all data is prefetched.
d) To disable prefetching.
18. What is a characteristic of "Write Back Cache"
compared to "Write Through Cache"?
a) It has longer response time.
b) It has low risks for data loss.
c) Write response is faster.
d) Data is committed to storage once it arrives.
19. What is the risk associated with "Write Back Cache" if
the cache fails before data is committed to storage?
a) Data integrity is guaranteed.
b) Uncommitted data is at risk of loss.
c) Performance will improve.
d) Data will be automatically mirrored.
20. What is "Dedicated Cache"?
a) Both reads and writes can use any available memory
addresses.
b) Separate sets of memory locations are reserved for
reads and writes.
c) Cache that is only used for prefetching.
d) Cache that is mirrored.
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21. What is "Global Cache"?

a) Separate sets of memory locations are reserved for
reads and writes.
b) Both reads and writes can use any of the available
memory addresses.
c) Cache that is only used for writes.
d) Cache that is protected by vaulting.
22. Which cache management algorithm discards data that
has been most recently accessed, assuming it may not
be required for a while?
a) Least Recently Used (LRU)
b) Most Recently Used (MRU)
c) Fixed Prefetch
d) Variable Prefetch
23. What is "Watermarking" in cache management used for?
a) To protect data against power failure.
b) To manage I/O burst through flushing process.
c) To mirror cache content.
d) To prefetch data.
24. When does "Idle flushing" occur?
a) When cache utilization hits the high watermark.
b) When cache reaches 100 percent of its capacity.
c) Continuously, at a modest rate, when cache
utilization is between the high and low watermark.
d) Only during power failure.
25. When is "High watermarking flushing" activated?
a) When cache utilization is between the high and low
watermark.
b) When cache utilization hits the high watermark.
c) When cache reaches 100 percent of its capacity.
d) Continuously.
26. When is "Forced flushing" triggered?
a) When cache utilization is between the high and low
watermark.
b) When cache utilization hits the high watermark.
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c) When cache reaches 100 percent of its capacity.

d) Continuously.
27. What is "Cache Vaulting" designed to protect data
against?
a) Cache failure
b) Power failure
c) Disk failure
d) Network failure
28. In Cache Vaulting, where is uncommitted data dumped in
the event of power failure?
a) To the compute system's RAM.
b) To a dedicated set of drives called vault drives.
c) To the network storage.
d) To the cloud.
29. What happens to the data from vault drives when power
is back?
a) It is discarded.
b) It is written back to write cache and then to the
intended drives.
c) It is immediately transferred to the compute
system.
d) It is permanently stored on the vault drives.
30. What is the role of "Physical storage drives" in a
Block-Based Storage System?
a) To provide temporary data storage.
b) To connect to the front-end controller.
c) To provide persistent data storage.
d) To manage cache operations.

Module-6: File-Based Storage System

1. Which of the following is NOT listed as a file sharing
method in the document?
a) File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
b) Peer to Peer (P2P)

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c) Network File System (NFS)

d) Direct Attached Storage (DAS)
2. What is an IP-based, dedicated, high-performance file
sharing and storage device that uses specialized
operating systems optimized for I/O?
a) SAN
b) DAS
c) NAS
d) Block-based storage
3. Which NAS scalability approach involves upgrading or
adding NAS heads and storage, but has a fixed capacity
ceiling and can degrade performance after reaching its
limit?
a) Scale-Out
b) Scale-Up
c) Distributed
d) Clustered
4. Which type of NAS contains one or more NAS heads and
storage in a single system, with front-end Ethernet
ports connecting to the IP network and back-end ports
connecting to attached storage?
a) Gateway NAS
b) Integrated NAS
c) Distributed NAS
d) Unified NAS
5. Which type of NAS consists of one or more NAS heads
and uses external and independently managed storage,
sharing storage from a block-based storage system?
a) Integrated NAS
b) Gateway NAS
c) Scale-Out NAS
d) Direct Attached NAS
6. In a Scale-Out NAS, what provides connections for
intra-cluster communication, offering high throughput
and low latency?
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a) External Network
b) Client Network
c) Internal Network
d) Internet
7. Which NAS file access method is a Client-Server
Protocol, an open variation of SMB, and is stateful,
automatically restoring connections and reopening
files?
a) NFS
b) HDFS
c) CIFS
d) FTP
8. Which version of NFS can use UDP or TCP, supports 64-
bit file size, and includes asynchronous writes?
a) NFS v2
b) NFS v3
c) NFS v4
d) NFS 4.1
9. What is a file system that spans multiple nodes in a
cluster and allows user data to be stored in files,
requiring programmatic access because it cannot be
mounted?
a) CIFS
b) NFS
c) HDFS
d) DFS
10. What is the primary function of "File Sharing
Environment"?
a) To restrict file access to a single user.
b) To enable users to share files with others.
c) To manage physical storage devices.
d) To convert file-level requests to block-level
requests.
11. Who determines the level of access for files in a file
sharing environment?
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a) The network administrator

b) The system software
c) The Creator/Owner of the file
d) The storage system
12. What is the purpose of using special locks in CIFS?
a) To speed up file transfer.
b) To enable file sharing with other clients and
ensure data integrity by preventing overwriting.
c) To encrypt file data.
d) To manage network connections.
13. Which protocol is used by NFS clients to access server
files?
a) TCP/IP
b) UDP
c) RPC (Remote Procedure Call)
d) HTTP
14. What is a key characteristic of NFS v2 regarding
locking?
a) Locking is handled within the protocol.
b) Locking is handled outside of the protocol.
c) NFS v2 does not support locking.
d) It uses special locks embedded in the file.
15. What is a key enhancement in NFS v4 compared to
previous versions?
a) Support for UDP only.
b) Enhanced Security.
c) Smaller file size support.
d) Synchronous writes only.
16. What is the architecture of Hadoop Distributed File
System (HDFS)?
a) Client-server model
b) Peer-to-peer model
c) Master/slave architecture (NameNode / DataNodes)
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17. What is a key characteristic of NAS operating systems?

a) They are general-purpose operating systems.
b) They are dedicated for file serving by using
industry standard protocols and optimized for I/O.
c) They are designed for block-level access only.
d) They do not support massive workloads.
18. What are the main components of a NAS device?
a) CPU and Memory only.
b) Controller/NAS head and Storage.
c) Network Adaptor and Cables.
d) File system and Device drivers.
19. What is the primary difference between "Active/Active"
and "Active/Passive" controller configurations in NAS?
a) Active/Active uses only one controller.
b) Active/Active has all controllers accessing the
storage, while Active/Passive has some acting as
spares.
c) Active/Passive offers better performance.
d) Active/Active is less redundant.
20. What types of storage devices can be used in a NAS
system to support different requirements?
a) Only HDDs.
b) Only SSDs.
c) SSD, SAS, and SATA in a single system.
d) Only tape drives.
21. What is a key benefit of Scale-Out NAS regarding
performance and capacity?
a) It has a fixed capacity ceiling.
b) It scales performance and capacity non-
disruptively.
c) It degrades performance after reaching capacity
limit.
d) It requires downtime for adding nodes.
22. What is a characteristic of the file system in a
Scale-Out NAS?
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a) Each node has its own independent file system.

b) It uses a single file system on all nodes.
c) It does not support file systems.
d) It uses a distributed file system only for
metadata.
23. How does a Scale-Out NAS protect data?
a) By storing all data on a single node.
b) By stripping data across nodes with mirror or
parity.
c) By using only direct-attached storage.
d) By relying on external backup solutions.
24. What is a key benefit of Scale-Out NAS regarding
adding nodes?
a) Nodes can only be added with significant downtime.
b) Nodes can be added without a downtime.
c) Adding nodes reduces overall capacity.
d) Adding nodes decreases performance.
25. What is the role of the "Internal Network" in a Scale-
Out NAS?
a) To connect clients to the NAS.
b) To provide connections for intra-cluster
communication.
c) To connect to external storage arrays.
d) To manage administrative tasks.
26. When a client sends a file-level I/O request to a NAS
system, what does the NAS system do?
a) It directly processes the file-level request.
b) It converts it into a block-level request and
interacts with storage.
c) It forwards the request to a different server.
d) It immediately sends an acknowledgment.
27. What happens in a Scale-Out NAS when a client connects
to one node for read and write operations?
a) All operations occur on that single node.
b) Operations occur across multiple nodes.
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c) The data is transferred to a centralized server

first.
d) The client must connect to all nodes
simultaneously.
28. Which of the following is a characteristic of CIFS as
a protocol?
a) Stateless
b) Connectionless
c) Stateful
d) Uses UDP only
29. What is a key characteristic of NFS regarding its
statefulness?
a) All versions are stateful.
b) NFS v2 is stateless, while later versions like v4
are stateful.
c) All versions are stateless.
d) It is always connection-oriented.
30. What is the primary method of communication for HDFS?
a) HTTP
b) RPC layered on top of TCP/IP protocol.
c) UDP
d) FTP

Module-9: Fibre Channel (FC) SAN

1. What is a network whose primary purpose is to transfer
data between computer systems and storage devices and
among storage devices?
a) LAN
b) WAN
c) SAN
d) NAS
2. Which of the following is NOT listed as a benefit of
SAN?
a) Improves utilization of storage systems
b) Centralizes management
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c) Increases manual intervention

d) Enables connectivity across geographically
dispersed locations
3. What technology abstracts and separates the control
plane from the data plane, with a software controller
external to the network components taking over control
functions?
a) Fibre Channel Protocol
b) Internet Protocol
c) Software-Defined Networking
d) Storage Virtualization
4. Which plane in Software-Defined Networking transfers
the network traffic from one physical port to another
by following rules programmed into the component?
a) Control Plane
b) Data Plane
c) Management Plane
d) Application Plane
5. a SAN that uses Fibre Channel (FC) Protocol for
communication and supports data transmission speed up
to 16 Gb/s is known as:
a) IP SAN
b) FCoE SAN
c) FC SAN
d) NAS
6. Which type of optical fiber cable carries multiple
beams of light projected at different angles
simultaneously onto the core, used for short distances
within data centers?
a) Single-mode
b) Multi-mode
c) Coaxial
d) Twisted pair
7. Which FC interconnecting device has redundant
components with automated failover capability, and its
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switch controllers, blades, power supplies, and fan

modules are hot-swappable to ensure high availability?
a) FC Hub
b) FC Switch
c) FC Director
d) FC Router
8. Which FC connectivity option enables direct connection
between two nodes, providing a dedicated connection
for data transmission but offering limited
connectivity and scalability?
a) FC Arbitrated Loop (FC-AL)
b) FC Switches Fabric (FC-SW)
c) Point-To-Point
d) FC over Ethernet
9. In FC Switches Fabric, what is the link between any
two switches called, enabling them to be connected
together to form a single, larger fabric?
a) N_Port
b) F_Port
c) E_Port
d) G_Port
10. Which port type in a switched fabric is an end point
in the fabric, such as a compute system port (FC HBA
port) or a storage system port connected to a switch?
a) E_Port
b) F_Port
c) G_Port
d) N_Port
11. What is a key capability of SAN regarding data
transfer between storage systems?
a) It prevents data transfer between storage systems.
b) It enables data transfer between the storage
systems.
c) It only supports data transfer from compute to
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d) It only supports data transfer from storage to

compute.
12. What type of storage systems are typically used with
SAN?
a) File-based storage systems
b) Object-based storage systems
c) Block-based storage systems
d) Direct attached storage systems
13. What is a benefit of SAN regarding data protection?
a) It prevents remote backup.
b) It helps in protecting data against local and
regional disaster.
c) It requires manual data replication.
d) It eliminates the need for any data protection.
14. What is a characteristic of "Third Platform
Requirements For SAN" regarding data volume?
a) Transfer small volumes of data.
b) Transfer massively distributed, high volume of
data.
c) Only transfer structured data.
d) Only transfer data within a single data center.
15. What is the "Control Plane" in Software-Defined
Networking responsible for?
a) Transferring network traffic.
b) Providing the programming logic that the data plane
follows.
c) Physical connection of devices.
d) Monitoring network performance only.
16. What is the "Network Controller" in Software-Defined
Networking?
a) A physical network device.
b) A standalone or compute system where the software
runs.
c) A component of the data plane.
d) A network cable.
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17. What is a benefit of Software-Defined SAN regarding

control?
a) Decentralized control.
b) Single point of control for SAN infrastructure.
c) Manual configuration only.
d) Limited programming logic.
18. What is a benefit of Software-Defined SAN regarding
management operations?
a) They are manually intensive.
b) They are programmed in the network controller based
on business policies.
c) They are error-prone.
d) They are not standardized.
19. What is a key characteristic of FC protocol regarding
transmission overhead?
a) It has high transmission overhead.
b) It has very little transmission overhead.
c) It does not support transmission overhead.
d) It only supports overhead for management traffic.
20. What are the two types of cables used in FC SAN?
a) Ethernet and USB cables.
b) Copper cables and optical fiber cables.
c) Coaxial and HDMI cables.
d) Serial and parallel cables.
21. Which type of optical fiber cable is used for long-
distance cable runs?
a) Multi-mode
b) Single-mode
c) Both multi-mode and single-mode
d) Coaxial
22. What is a characteristic of an FC Switch?
a) It has a single power supply.
b) Its fans and power supply are redundant and hot-
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c) It only supports point-to-point connections.

d) It is not designed for high availability.
23. What is a characteristic of FC Arbitrated Loop (FC-AL)
regarding I/O operations?
a) Multiple devices can perform I/O simultaneously.
b) Only one device can perform I/O operations on the
loop at a time.
c) It provides dedicated connections for all devices.
d) It has very high overall performance.
24. What happens when adding or removing a device in an FC
Arbitrated Loop (FC-AL)?
a) It has no impact on the loop.
b) It results in loop re-initialization, causing a
momentary pause.
c) It improves performance immediately.
d) It automatically reconfigures the entire fabric.
25. What is an "FC Switches Fabric (FC-SW)"?
a) A direct connection between two nodes.
b) A shared loop for attached nodes.
c) A single FC switch or a network of FC switches
interconnecting nodes.
d) A non-Fibre Channel network.
26. What is "fabric" in the context of FC Switches Fabric?
a) A physical cable.
b) A logical space in which all nodes communicate with
one another in a network.
c) A single switch.
d) A storage array.
27. What is a characteristic of data transfer in a
switched fabric?
a) Data is transferred through a shared loop.
b) Data is transferred through a dedicated path
between the nodes.
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d) Data transfer is limited to a single device at a

time.
28. What is a benefit of FC Switches Fabric regarding
scalability?
a) Provides low scalability.
b) Provides high scalability.
c) Does not support scalability.
d) Only scales capacity, not performance.
29. What is the impact of adding or removing a node in a
switched fabric?
a) It is highly disruptive.
b) It causes a complete fabric re-initialization.
c) It is minimally disruptive and does not affect
ongoing traffic between other nodes.
d) It requires all nodes to be restarted.
30. Which port type on a switch connects an N_Port?
a) E_Port
b) F_Port
c) G_Port
d) N_Port

Module-12: Business Continuity Overview

1. What is the process that prepares for, responds to,
and recovers from a system outage that can adversely
affect business operations, ensuring continuous
availability of information and services?
a) Disaster Recovery
b) Information Availability
c) Business Continuity
d) Data Protection
2. Which of the following is a proactive measure for
Business Continuity?
a) Disaster Recovery
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c) Restoring IT infrastructure
d) Repairing failed components
3. What is the ability of an IT infrastructure to
function according to business requirements and
customer expectations during its specified time of
operation?
a) Business Continuity
b) Disaster Recovery
c) Information Availability
d) System Uptime
4. Which of the following is NOT listed as a cause of
information unavailability?
a) Application Failure
b) Data Loss
c) Infrastructure Component Failure
d) Regular System Upgrades
5. What is the average time available for a system or
component to perform its normal operations between
failures, used as a measure of system reliability?
a) MTTR
b) IA
c) MTBF
d) RTO
6. What is the average time required to repair a failed
component?
a) MTBF
b) IA
c) MTTR
d) RPO
7. Information Availability (IA) is calculated as:
a) MTTR / (MTBF + MTTR)
b) MTBF / (MTBF + MTTR)
c) Uptime / Downtime
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8. What is the part of the BC process that involves a set

of policies and procedures for restoring IT
infrastructure, including data, after a natural or
human-induced disaster occurs?
a) Business Continuity Plan
b) Disaster Recovery
c) Information Availability Strategy
d) Risk Assessment
9. Which Disaster Recovery Plan involves having a
secondary center or site (DR Site) at a pre-planned
level of operational readiness?
a) DRaaS
b) Basic DR Plan
c) Cloud DR
d) Hybrid DR
10. When designing a business continuity strategy, which
two important parameters are closely associated with
recovery?
a) MTBF and MTTR
b) Uptime and Downtime
c) RPO and RTO
d) Cost and Revenue
11. What is the goal of Business Continuity?
a) To stop all business operations during a disaster.
b) To ensure information availability required to
conduct vital business operations.
c) To manually re-establish impacted services.
d) To only focus on financial recovery.
12. Which of the following is a proactive measure for
Business Continuity related to IT infrastructure?
a) Repairing failed components.
b) Building resilient IT infrastructure.
c) Responding to system outages.
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13. What is a key impact of information unavailability

related to finances?
a) Increased revenue.
b) Improved cash flow.
c) Poor Financial Performance (e.g., revenue
recognition, cash flow).
d) Higher credit rating.
14. What is a key impact of information unavailability
related to reputation?
a) Increased customer confidence.
b) Loss of Credibility with customers, suppliers,
financial markets, etc.
c) Enhanced business partnerships.
d) Improved brand image.
15. What is the formula for MTBF (Mean Time Between
Failure)?
a) Total Down Time / Number of Failures
b) Total Up Time / Number of Failures
c) (Uptime + Downtime) / Uptime
d) MTTR / IA
16. What does MTTR (Mean Time To Repair) include?
a) Only the time to detect the fault.
b) Total time required to detect, mobilize team,
diagnose, obtain parts, repair, test, and restore
data.
c) Only the time to repair the component.
d) The time between failures.
17. What does RPO (Recovery Point Objective) refer to?
a) The time required to recover IT services.
b) The frequency with which a backup or replica must
be made.
c) The average time between failures.
d) The average time to repair.
18. What does RTO (Recovery Time Objective) refer to?
a) The frequency of backups.
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b) The maximum tolerable data loss.

c) The maximum tolerable duration of disruption to a
business function.
d) The average time to repair.
19. How are both RPO and RTO counted?
a) In years.
b) In minutes, hours, or days.
c) In months.
d) In seconds.
20. What is the relationship between RTO and RPO and the
cost of a BC solution?
a) The higher the numbers, the higher the cost.
b) The lower the numbers, the lower the cost.
c) The lower the numbers, the higher the cost.
d) There is no direct relationship.
21. What is the primary reason organizations must ensure
demanding SLAs are met?
a) To avoid any cost of unavailability.
b) Because the cost of unavailability of information
is greater than ever.
c) To reduce productivity.
d) To decrease revenue.
22. Which of the following is an "unplanned occurrence"
threat to business continuity?
a) Refreshing IT Infrastructure.
b) Natural disasters.
c) Scheduled maintenance.
d) Application upgrades.
23. What is the potential risk associated with
organizations embracing "bring-your-own-device (BYOD)"
if not deployed smartly?
a) Increased employee productivity.
b) Business data (sensitive and critical) may be
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c) Lower costs.
d) Support for flexible working conditions.
24. What is a "catastrophic exception caused by bad logic"
listed as a cause of information unavailability?
a) Data Loss.
b) Infrastructure Component Failure.
c) Application Failure.
d) Data Center or Site Down.
25. What is "data corruption and human error" listed as a
cause of information unavailability?
a) Application Failure.
b) Data Loss.
c) Infrastructure Component Failure.
d) Data Center or Site Down.
26. What is "power failure or disaster" listed as a cause
of information unavailability?
a) Application Failure.
b) Data Loss.
c) Infrastructure Component Failure.
d) Data Center or Site Down.
27. Which of the following is an "Other Expense" resulting
from information unavailability?
a) Loss of Revenue.
b) Poor Financial Performance.
c) Cost of additional rented equipment, overtime,
extra shipping.
d) Damages To Reputation.
28. What is "Disaster Recovery as a Service (DRaaS)"
presented as a solution for?
a) Reducing the need for a primary data center.
b) Strengthening the portfolio of a cloud service
provider and offering a viable DR Solution.
c) Eliminating the need for any disaster recovery
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d) Increasing the need for data center space and IT

resources.
29. What is a key benefit of DRaaS for consumer
organizations?
a) Increases the need for IT infrastructure.
b) Leads to significant cost reductions.
c) Requires more data center space.
d) Increases IT resources.
30. What is a critical aspect of the Business Continuity
process to reduce manual intervention?
a) It must be entirely manual.
b) It is important to be automated.
c) It relies solely on human decision-making.
d) It avoids any proactive countermeasures.

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