CERTIFIED-IN-CYBERSECURITY · Question #119
A backup that captures the changes made since the latest full backup is an example of:
The correct answer is C. A differential backup. A differential backup is a backup that captures the changes made since the latest full backup. Incremental backups capture changes since the latest backup (which can be full or incremental), and snapshots are live copies of a system. Neither incremental backups nor snapshots…
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A backup that captures the changes made since the latest full backup is an example of:
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- AA backup snapshot
- BAn incremental backup
- CA differential backup
- DA full backup
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(45 responses)- A7% (3)
- B2% (1)
- C89% (40)
- D2% (1)
Explanation
A differential backup is a backup that captures the changes made since the latest full backup. Incremental backups capture changes since the latest backup (which can be full or incremental), and snapshots are live copies of a system. Neither incremental backups nor snapshots necessarily capture changes since a full backup (see ISC2 Study Guide, chapter 5, module 1).
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