Free 312-76 Practice Test Questions 2026

Rachel was reviewing the various tiers of disaster recovery so as to implement them in her startup. One particular tier attracted her attention, and she wanted to put it into effect in her startup. This specific disaster recovery tier backed up data over a WAN connection. Which disaster recovery tier did Rachel want to implement in her startup?

A. Tier 5

B. Tier 3

C. Tier 0

D. Tier 6

Which of the following terms refers to a collection of historical records specifically selected for long-term retention and future reference?

A. Data Archiving

B. Data Backup

C. Data Restore

D. Data Deletion

Lily works as a disaster recovery professional in an IT company. The archiving method used by the company provides the tools and software required for the archiving of data. The data can be easily accessed and cataloged in this method. However, this method involves recurring costs in its cooling and maintenance. What data archiving method is being used by Lily’s company?

A. Optical Media Storage

B. On-Premise Disk-Based Archiving

C. Legacy Archiving

D. Cloud-Based Archiving

Jack is a system administrator working in a data center, which operates thousands of virtual servers running on Microsoft’s virtualization platform, Hyper-V. Jack’s manager advises him to take a snapshot backup instead of a full backup of the virtual machines running on Hyper-V to save the backup time. Which native feature present in Hyper-V Manager should he use in this scenario?

A. System Backup

B. Checkpoint Backup

C. Snapshots Backup

D. Hyper-V Replication

Jack wanted to transfer his startup’s data to a secure backup site. Since cost was a huge factor for him, one of his friends suggested that he should rent a server for his data from the same data center that his friend used for his organization’s needs. This physical site provided cooling facilities and was cheaper as compared to other backup sites. Which of the following backup sites did Jack opt for?

A. Hot Sites

B. Cold Sites

C. Warm Sites

D. Colocation Facilities

Remy had invested $15,000 in an organization that manufactured computer hardware. The investment was risky as it had a 15% chance of failing in the first three months if the organization did not get a specific desired contract. However, this percentage drastically increased to 35% over the same period when an inspection revealed that the manufacturing unit did not have adequate fire safety measures in place. Due to this, the chances of a fire breaking out and destroying the unit were very high. Which method of evaluating the risk has Remy used in this scenario?

A. Return on Risk Adjusted Capital (RORAC)

B. Value at Risk

C. Risk Adjusted Return On Capital (RAROC)

D. Risk Valuation

Phil, an entrepreneur, is running an important experiment on a virtual machine that may give him a breakthrough in the research for his next product. Unfortunately, while the experiment was being conducted, the virtual machine crashed. Fortunately, Phil had implemented a method that took a backup of the machine at regular intervals and would provide an architectural instance of the last saved version of the virtual machine. Which backup method did Phil implement?

A. Snapshot

B. Mirroring

C. Continuous Data Protection (CDP)

D. Disk-to-Disk (D2D)

The IT department of ABC Inc. had a practice of storing replicas of the various database servers housed in the organization. One such database server housed the annual sales, profit/loss, revenue, and other such important data of the organization. The IT department did not want to take frequent replicas of that database since it was updated just once a year and frequent replicas would unnecessarily take storage space and eat into the bandwidth of the organization. In this scenario, the IT department decided to copy the data changes from the original database server to a replica database server annually. Which of the following solutions did the IT department implement in this scenario?

A. Merge Replication

B. Transactional Replication

C. SQL Server Replication

D. Snapshot Replication

Jessie was implementing PASIS architecture in her organization in order to keep the organization’s critical data safe, in case a disaster struck. Additionally, she also wanted to prevent unauthorized access of data. After the PASIS architecture was implemented, the critical data was only accessible to the authorized employees. Which feature of PASIS architecture made this possible?

A. Reaction

B. Confidentiality

C. Availability

D. Maintenance

John wanted to transfer his organization’s data to an alternate site. He wanted the alternate site to run in parallel to the primary site, which would allow his organization to continue normal business operations almost immediately in the event of a disruption. Which of the following sites is best suited to John’s requirements?

A. Cold Site

B. Warm Site

C. Hot Site

D. Colocation Facilities

Which of the following terms refers to the potential gain from the best alternative forgone when a choice needs to be made between several mutually exclusive alternatives?

A. Business Impact Analysis

B. Opportunity Cost

C. Fixed Cost

D. Cost Benefit Analysis

Alan wants to start backing up the news articles his team generates every day. Usually, his team churns out three or four articles daily. Since the time taken to back up the articles is essentially a downtime forthe team, he does not want the backing up process to be too time-consuming. Which of the following backups would suit Alan’s needs?

A. Incremental Backup

B. Differential Backup

C. Full System Backup

D. Online Data Backup