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ISC2 CC Practice Question: Business Continuity, Disaster Recovery, and Incident Response
During a disaster recovery test, the IT team successfully restored systems from backups and achieved the recovery time objective (RTO). However, users could not resume normal work because additional configuration and data validation were needed. Which metric was NOT met?
Answer choices
Why each option matters
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Correct answer & explanation
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Work Recovery Time (WRT)
Work Recovery Time (WRT) is the time needed to return to normal operations after systems are restored; it is separate from RTO.
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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Recovery Point Objective (RPO)
Why it's wrong here
RPO concerns data loss, not the additional time after restoration.
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Work Recovery Time (WRT)
Why this is correct
WRT is the time to restore normal operations after systems are back, and it was not met.
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Maximum Tolerable Downtime (MTD)
Why it's wrong here
MTD is the total downtime allowed, which may include WRT, but the specific missed metric is WRT.
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Recovery Time Objective (RTO)
Why it's wrong here
RTO was met since systems were restored within the required time.
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Security Operations Basics
Key term
Recovery
Recovery is the process of restoring systems, data, and operations after a security incident, failure, or disaster to return to normal functioning.
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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