Which of the following values must ensure that the Maximum Tolerable Period of Disruption (MTPD) for each activity is not exceeded?

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Options

• ARecovery Plan Objective
• BRecovery Point Objective
• CRecovery Time Objective
• DRecovery Impact Objective

• A
  3% (1)
• B
  5% (2)
• C
  84% (32)
• D
  8% (3)

Explanation

Recovery Time Objective (RTO) is the maximum duration within which a business activity must be restored after a disruption. To ensure the MTPD is not breached, the RTO must always be set less than the MTPD - it serves as the operational deadline that keeps recovery within the tolerable window.

Why the distractors are wrong:

• A (Recovery Plan Objective) is not a recognized standard term in business continuity management (BCM) and has no defined relationship to MTPD.
• B (Recovery Point Objective) addresses data recovery - specifically, how much data loss is acceptable (measured in time) - not the time window for restoring an activity.
• D (Recovery Impact Objective) is also not a standard BCM term; impact is assessed (via Business Impact Analysis), not set as a recovery objective.

Memory tip: Think of MTPD as the hard deadline and RTO as your personal deadline set earlier to make sure you don't miss it - "RTO races against MTPD, and must always win."

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