Which recovery model should the database use?

You administer a Microsoft SQL Server 2012 instance that contains a financial database hosted on a storage area network (SAN).

The financial database has the following characteristics:

– A data file of 2 terabytes is located on a dedicated LUN (drive D).

– A transaction log of 10 GB is located on a dedicated LUN (drive E).

– Drive D has 1 terabyte of free disk space.

– Drive E has 5 GB of free disk space.

The database is continually modified by users during business hours from Monday through Friday between 09:00 hours and 17:00 hours. Five percent of the existing data is modified each day.

The Finance department loads large CSV files into a number of tables each business day at 11:15 hours and 15:15 hours by using the BCP or BULK INSERT commands. Each data load adds 3 GB of data to the database.

These data load operations must occur in the minimum amount of time.

A full database backup is performed every Sunday at 10:00 hours. Backup operations will be performed every two hours (11:00, 13:00, 15:00, and 17:00) during business hours.

You need to ensure that the minimum amount of data is lost.

Which recovery model should the database use?
A . FULL
B . DBO_ONLY
C . CONTINUE_AFTER_ERROR
D . CHECKSUM
E . NO_CHECKSUM
F . SIMPLE
G . Transaction log
H . SKIP
. RESTART
. COPY_ONLY
. NORECOVERY
. BULK_LOGGED
. Differential
. STANDBY

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Answer: A