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Practice CPA®CPA ISC Practice Exam 2Question 52

Medium1 markMultiple Choice

Area I: Information SystemsAvailabilityArea I

CPA · Question 52 · Area I: Information Systems

A company uses 'Mirroring' for its database. What is the primary advantage of this approach?

Answer options:

A.

Long-term archival storage.

B.

High availability and immediate failover capability.

C.

Protection against ransomware.

D.

Reduced storage costs.

How to approach this question

Identify the benefit of having two identical active copies.

Full Answer

B.High availability and immediate failover capability.✓ Correct

Mirroring provides redundancy. It is distinct from backups because it replicates changes immediately.

Common mistakes

Thinking mirroring is a backup (it's not, because it replicates errors too).

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