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CISA Practice Question: Information Systems Operations and Business Resilience

During a business impact analysis (BIA), a department manager states that their process can be disrupted for up to 8 hours, but data loss cannot exceed 15 minutes. Which two metrics are defined by these statements?

Answer choices

Why each option matters

Answer the question above first, then reveal the full breakdown to understand why each option is right or wrong.

Correct answer & explanation

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Recovery time objective (RTO) and recovery point objective (RPO)

The maximum downtime is the recovery time objective (RTO), and the maximum data loss is the recovery point objective (RPO).

Answer analysis

Option-by-option breakdown

For each option: why learners choose it and why it is or isn't the right answer here.

  • ✗

    Mean time to repair (MTTR) and mean time between failures (MTBF)

    Why it's wrong here

    These are reliability metrics, not BIA outputs.

  • ✓

    Recovery time objective (RTO) and recovery point objective (RPO)

    Why this is correct

    RTO is 8 hours, RPO is 15 minutes.

  • ✗

    Service level objective (SLO) and service level agreement (SLA)

    Why it's wrong here

    SLO and SLA are service metrics, not recovery metrics.

  • ✗

    Maximum tolerable downtime (MTD) and working recovery time (WRT)

    Why it's wrong here

    MTD is similar to RTO, but the question mentions both downtime and data loss, so RTO and RPO are more precise.

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