ISC2 CC Practice Question: Business Continuity, Disaster Recovery, and Incident Response
An organization has an RTO of 4 hours and an RPO of 1 hour for its customer database. After a disaster, the IT team restores the database from backups that are 2 hours old, and the system becomes operational in 3 hours. Which of the following is true?
Answer choices
Why each option matters
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Correct answer & explanation
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The RTO was met, but the RPO was not.
The system was restored in 3 hours, which is within the 4-hour RTO. However, data loss is 2 hours, exceeding the 1-hour 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.
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Neither the RTO nor RPO was met.
Why it's wrong here
RTO was met.
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The RPO was met, but the RTO was not.
Why it's wrong here
RPO was not met because data loss was 2 hours.
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Both the RTO and RPO were met.
Why it's wrong here
RPO was not met.
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The RTO was met, but the RPO was not.
Why this is correct
RTO met (3h < 4h), but RPO exceeded (2h data loss > 1h allowed).
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Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery
Key term
RTO
Recovery Time Objective is the maximum acceptable time to restore a system or data after a disaster, defining how quickly normal operations must resume.
Key term
Business Continuity Planning
Business Continuity Planning is the process of creating a strategy to keep an organization's essential functions running during and after a major disruption.
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