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1. A payments API can lose at most 2 minutes of data and must be online again within 15 minutes after a region outage. Which statement best maps these requirements?
- A.The service has an RPO of 2 minutes and an RTO of 15 minutes, while RLO defines the acceptable functionality scope after restore.✓ Correct
- B.The service has an RTO of 2 minutes and an RPO of 15 minutes, because time to recover always precedes data loss windows.
- C.The service requires zero data loss so RPO is 0, and RTO equals the transaction commit interval of the database tier.
- D.The service uses RLO of 2 minutes to define granularity, and RTO equals the time to restore to the last consistent snapshot.
Explanation
RPO is the maximum data loss (2 min); RTO is time to resume service (15 min). RLO is about granularity or functionality level, not time.
2. A team defines that after failover only the checkout API must be restored, while analytics can wait hours. Which objective captures this selective scope?
- A.Recovery Level Objective describes which components and features must be restored to meet business priorities first.✓ Correct
- B.Recovery Time Objective describes the prioritized microservices that should be restored in the first wave.
- C.Recovery Point Objective specifies the subset of services by defining the transaction consistency boundary.
- D.Mean Time To Recovery defines the initial functionality level and therefore covers the selective service scope.
Explanation
RLO defines the functionality level or component scope after recovery. RTO and RPO are time and data-loss metrics, and MTTR is operational, not a BC objective.
3. Which design best enables application-consistent replication for a Windows VM running SQL Server using Azure Site Recovery?
- A.Install the ASR Mobility service and enable VSS-based application-consistent snapshots in the replication policy.✓ Correct
- B.Rely on crash-consistent replication only, since Azure Storage always guarantees application-level quiescing.
- C.Disable VSS providers to minimize I/O overhead and depend on database redo logs during recovery entirely.
- D.Use Azure Backup MARS agent exclusively, because it replaces the need for Mobility service during replication.
Explanation
ASR uses the Mobility service and VSS to produce app-consistent recovery points. Crash-consistent lacks app quiescing, and MARS is not ASR replication.
4. You plan DR for 300 on-prem VMs to Azure. Which architectural element is required on-prem for VMware or physical server protection with ASR?
- A.A configuration server and process servers to handle discovery, replication, and data transfer to Azure.✓ Correct
- B.Only an Azure Recovery Services vault in the target subscription, since all replication agents are hosted natively in Azure.
- C.A dedicated Azure ExpressRoute circuit, because site-to-site VPNs are unsupported for replication traffic at scale.
- D.Azure Automation Hybrid Runbook Worker, which is mandatory for replication but optional for orchestration tasks.
Explanation
For VMware/physical, ASR needs a configuration server and process servers on-prem. Vault is in Azure but on-prem components are still required.
5. You must orchestrate a multi-tier app failover with custom scripts and manual approvals. Which ASR feature fits this requirement?
- A.ASR Recovery Plans allow grouped sequencing, runbooks, manual steps, and automated failover workflows across tiers.✓ Correct
- B.ASR Mobility Service automatically sequences dependencies and inserts approvals by analyzing application traffic flows.
- C.Traffic Manager profiles provide runbook hooks to fail over compute and run database schema upgrade scripts per tier.
- D.Azure Policy initiatives can coordinate application failover by enforcing resource creation order during disaster events.
Explanation
Recovery Plans provide sequencing, scripts, and manual actions. Mobility Service does replication only; Traffic Manager and Policy do not orchestrate ASR steps.
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