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ISC2 CC Practice Question: Business Continuity, Disaster Recovery, and Incident Response
An organization's recovery time objective (RTO) for its customer database is 4 hours, and the recovery point objective (RPO) is 1 hour. The database is backed up every hour using full backups. A disaster occurs at 2:00 PM, and the last successful backup was at 1:00 PM. The system is restored and operational at 5:30 PM, but data from 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM is lost. Which statement is correct?
Answer choices
Why each option matters
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Correct answer & explanation
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Both the RTO and RPO were met.
The RTO (4 hours) was met because recovery took 3.5 hours (2:00 PM to 5:30 PM). The RPO (1 hour) was exceeded because the data loss was 1 hour (consistent with backup frequency), but the question implies the loss is exactly 1 hour; however, the backup at 1:00 PM covers up to that time, and the loss of 1 hour is within the RPO of 1 hour. Actually, the loss is from 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM = 1 hour, which meets the RPO. So both RTO and RPO were met.
Answer analysis
Option-by-option breakdown
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- ✓
Both the RTO and RPO were met.
Why this is correct
RTO: 3.5 hours < 4 hours. RPO: 1 hour loss = 1 hour RPO, so both are met.
- ✗
The RTO was met, but the RPO was exceeded.
Why it's wrong here
RTO was met (3.5 hours < 4 hours). RPO is 1 hour; data loss is 1 hour, so RPO is met, not exceeded.
- ✗
The RTO was exceeded, but the RPO was met.
Why it's wrong here
RTO was not exceeded; it was met.
- ✗
Both the RTO and RPO were exceeded.
Why it's wrong here
Neither was exceeded.
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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.
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