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You have a data stored in BigQuery. The data in the BigQuery dataset must be highly available. You need to define a storage, backup, and recovery strategy of this data that minimizes cost. How…

The correct answer is C. Set the BigQuery dataset to be multi-regional. In the event of an emergency, use a point-in-time snapshot to recover the data. Explanation/Reference: highly available = multi-regional: https://cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/locations recovery strategy of this data that minimizes cost = point-in-time snapshot: https://cloud.google.com/solutions/bigquery-data-warehouse#backup-and-recovery

Submitted by fatima_kr· Mar 30, 2026Designing data processing systems

Question

You have a data stored in BigQuery. The data in the BigQuery dataset must be highly available. You need to define a storage, backup, and recovery strategy of this data that minimizes cost. How should you configure the BigQuery table?

Options

  • ASet the BigQuery dataset to be regional. In the event of an emergency, use a point-in-time snapshot to recover the data.
  • BSet the BigQuery dataset to be regional. Create a scheduled query to make copies of the data to tables suffixed with the time of the backup. In the event of an
  • CSet the BigQuery dataset to be multi-regional. In the event of an emergency, use a point-in-time snapshot to recover the data.
  • DSet the BigQuery dataset to be multi-regional. Create a scheduled query to make copies of the data to tables suffixed with the time of the backup. In the event

How the community answered

(41 responses)
  • A
    7% (3)
  • B
    12% (5)
  • C
    78% (32)
  • D
    2% (1)

Explanation

Explanation/Reference: highly available = multi-regional: https://cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/locations recovery strategy of this data that minimizes cost = point-in-time snapshot: https://cloud.google.com/solutions/bigquery-data-warehouse#backup-and-recovery

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#BigQuery availability#multi-regional dataset#point-in-time recovery#disaster recovery

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