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A business owner wants to evaluate the effectiveness of the daily backup procedures followed by the managers in 4 branches. An appropriate criterion to measure this is the (KK8)
A
ease of backing up files
B
operational cost of backing up files
C
currency of the files after a backup
D
time taken to carry out the procedures
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -As a general rule, the amount of time in between backups should be no more than the amount of time you are willing to spend re-doing any lost work. For example, if spending a week re-writing lost documents is too long for you, you should back up at least once per week.

Detailed explanation-2: -In choosing methods of back up and recovery, you need to consider the physical matters of accomplishing the work, and the need for back up, operational characteristics, and security and integrity of the backup medium.

Detailed explanation-3: -Your backup process should be able to handle expected volumes of new data. You should have a process that ensures new servers, applications, and data stores are added to your backups. Backup security. Backups need to be accessible when needed, but they shouldn’t be accessible by just anyone.

Detailed explanation-4: -However, a comprehensive backup strategy cannot rely on one technical solution only. It must take into account considerations like cost, backup schedule, recovery time, the ability to secure backups, and the resilience of the overall backup solution.

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