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ISC2 CC Practice Question: Wants to ensure that its backup strategy can…
An organization wants to ensure that its backup strategy can recover data within 2 hours after a system failure. Which metric should be defined in the disaster recovery plan?
⚠ Common exam trap
ISC2 often tests the distinction between RTO and RPO, where candidates mistakenly choose RPO because they confuse 'recovery of data' with 'time to recover' rather than 'point in time to which data is recovered'.
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)
The Recovery Time Objective (RTO) defines the maximum acceptable time to restore systems and data after a disaster, directly addressing the 2-hour recovery requirement. In the context of backup strategy, RTO drives decisions on failover mechanisms, replication speed, and restoration procedures to meet the specified downtime limit.
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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Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF)
Why it's wrong here
A reliability metric, not recovery time.
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Recovery Point Objective (RPO)
Why it's wrong here
Specifies maximum data loss, not time to recovery.
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Service Level Agreement (SLA)
Why it's wrong here
A contract between provider and customer, not a recovery metric.
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Recovery Time Objective (RTO)
Why this is correct
Specifies the maximum time to restore services after a disaster.
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Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery
Key term
Disaster recovery
Disaster recovery is a set of policies, procedures, and tools that help an organization restore critical IT systems and data after a disruptive event.
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Organization
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