HPE Data Protection Solutions (HPE2-B01) Certification Sample Questions

01. Which backup target is best for high-speed recovery?
a) Tape-based storage
b) Cloud storage
c) Disk-based storage
d) Optical media

02. What is a significant advantage of cloud-based backup targets?
a) Instantaneous recovery times
b) Scalability and accessibility from remote locations
c) Reduced initial setup costs compared to tape storage
d) Elimination of data deduplication requirements

03. Which consideration directly affects whether a data protection solution can achieve the required recovery time objective (RTO)?
a) How long it takes to rehydrate the deduplicated backup data.
b) How frequently the data is backed up
c) How long regulations require companies to archive data
d) How many clients need to access the data

04. What is the main purpose of data protection technologies?
a) To maximize data redundancy
b) To ensure data availability, security, and recoverability
c) To replicate data across all servers
d) To eliminate backup windows

05. A customer has data stored on HPE Alletra 6000 arrays. You are helping the customer design a Veeam Backup & Replication solution for this data. The customer has had issues with offsite backups taking too much time. What can you recommend to address this specific issue?
a) Deploying a Veeam WAN accelerator
b) Using primary storage snapshot-based backups
c) Managing the solution with Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager
d) Using HPE StoreEver for the offsite backup solution

06. How does an application-consistent backup differ from a crash-consistent backup?
a) It includes operating system logs to prevent crashes during restoration
b) It ensures all application transactions are committed to disk before the backup
c) It excludes temporary files to save storage
d) It is created faster than crash-consistent backups

07. Which characteristic defines ransomware?
a) Encrypting data to restrict access and demanding payment for decryption
b) Accidental data loss due to hardware failure
c) Unauthorized physical access to data centers
d) Corruption of archived data

08. Why might a customer choose Zerto CDP?
a) For its immutable storage options
b) For journal-based recovery and minimal recovery times
c) For its low-cost hardware requirements
d) For its integration with physical tapes

09. How does Commvault help identify ransomware threats?
a) Through immutable storage policies
b) By encrypting all backups automatically
c) By using machine learning to detect anomalies in data patterns
d) By limiting access to archived data

10. A company is experiencing exponential data growth and increasing backup costs. Which strategy should they adopt?
a) Implement data deduplication and tiered storage
b) Reduce backup frequency
c) Archive all data to tape systems
d) Limit backup to specific critical systems