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ISC2 CC Practice Question: Designing a backup strategy for a critical…
You are designing a backup strategy for a critical database. The business requires that in the event of a failure, data loss must not exceed 15 minutes. Which metric primarily addresses this requirement?
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 Point Objective (RPO)
Recovery Point Objective (RPO) defines the maximum acceptable data loss in terms of time, which directly addresses the requirement that data loss must not exceed 15 minutes. Recovery Time Objective (RTO) is about downtime duration, not data loss. MTBF relates to reliability, and SLA is a service agreement. RPO is the metric that specifies the tolerable amount of data loss measured in time.
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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Service Level Agreement (SLA)
Why it's wrong here
An SLA is a contract that may include RPO and RTO, but itself is not the metric.
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Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF)
Why it's wrong here
MTBF measures reliability, not data loss tolerance.
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Recovery Point Objective (RPO)
Why this is correct
RPO specifies the maximum age of data that must be restored, directly limiting data loss.
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Recovery Time Objective (RTO)
Why it's wrong here
RTO defines the maximum downtime, not the data loss.
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Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery
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Event
An event is any identifiable occurrence or action in a computer system, network, or application that can be logged, monitored, or analyzed for security or operational purposes.
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.
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