MongoDB Backup And Disaster Recovery Quiz

This quiz focuses on essential concepts of backup and disaster recovery in MongoDB. Test your understanding of tools, techniques, and best practices for creating reliable backups and ensuring data recovery in case of unexpected failures. Good luck with the quiz!

1 / 20

The amount of oplog to keep per backup is configurable and affects the time window available for checkpoint and point-in-time restores. True or False?

True

False

2 / 20

MongoDB’s mongoexport and mongoimport tools are suitable for full database backup and recovery. True or False?

True

False

3 / 20

Which of the following is NOT a recommended MongoDB best practice for disaster recovery?

Ensuring backup data is encrypted

Regularly testing backups to ensure they work as expected B)

Storing backups in the same data center as the primary database

Automating backup processes

4 / 20

What is a key benefit of using physical backups, like file system snapshots, over logical backups in MongoDB?

They are generally faster for large datasets

They provide incremental data compression

They offer point-in-time snapshots automatically

They do not require any disk space

5 / 20

Which of the following can be used for reducing recovery time?

Taking multiple backups – one in same location, another at different location

By taking backup on a faster device

Automatic failover

All of the mentioned

6 / 20

The MongoDB oplog can be used to recover data after a sudden failure by replaying operations that occurred after the last snapshot. True or False?

True

False

7 / 20

You must enable the balancer to get a consistent snapshot of a sharded system. true or false?

True

False

8 / 20

In MongoDB, which backup method is generally faster for large data sets?

Exporting with mongoexport

Logical backup using mongodump

Replication of primary data

Physical backup using file system snapshots

9 / 20

Backups produced by copying the underlying data do support point-in-time recovery. True or False?

True

False

10 / 20

MongoDB Cloud Manager Backup offers point in time recovery of MongoDB replica sets

True

False

11 / 20

To decide on a backup strategy for your organization, which of the following should you consider?

RTO (Recovery Time Objective)

RPO (Recovery Point Objective)

Both RPO & RTO

None of the mentioned

12 / 20

MongoDB’s mongodump and mongorestore tools can be used to back up and restore both data and index structures. True or False?

True

False

13 / 20

A backup is as useful as its associated restore strategy. True or False?

True

False

14 / 20

MongoDB Atlas provides automated backup and restore features with retention and point-in-time recovery options. True or False?

True

False

15 / 20

This set of SAN multiple choice questions and answers focuses on Backup and Recovery.

To restore small numbers of files after they have been accidentally deleted

To restore one among many version of the same file for multiple backup environment

To restore a computer to an operational state following a disaster

All of the above mentioned

16 / 20

Which of the following qualifies as best DR (Disaster Recovery) site?

DR site in a different country

DR site in the same campus

DR site in the same country

DR site in the same city

17 / 20

Backup of the source data can be created _____________.

At some other location

On the same device

On another device

All of the mentioned

18 / 20

Automated backup and scheduling are preferred over manual operations True or False?

True

False

19 / 20

Which of the following statements are true?

Tape library is an example of nearline storage

Data recovery can take hours for offline backup

Data can be recovered fastest in online backup

All of the above mentioned

20 / 20

The amount of oplog to keep per backup is configurable and affects the time window available for checkpoint and point-in-time restores. True or False?

True

False

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Understanding MongoDB Backup and Disaster Recovery is essential for ensuring data integrity, protecting against data loss, and ensuring high availability in production environments.

This quiz is designed for intermediate to advanced MongoDB users responsible for data security, backup strategies, and disaster recovery planning in production environments.

Good luck.