In the process of calculating the cost of recovery, which two elements will be taken into consideration? (Choose two.)

Question

Options

• Anumber of compromised servers
• Baverage revenue per hour
• Ctime (in hours) to rebuild servers
• Dserver downtime (in hours)

• A
  93% (54)
• B
  2% (1)
• D
  5% (3)

Explanation

Calculating the cost of recovery focuses on what it actually takes to restore systems - the number of compromised servers (A) determines the scope of work, and the time to rebuild those servers (C) determines the labor and resource investment. Together, these two factors let you compute a direct recovery cost (e.g., number of servers × hours × technician rate).

Options B and D are distractors because they belong to a different calculation: cost of downtime, not cost of recovery. Average revenue per hour (B) multiplied by server downtime hours (D) tells you how much business was lost - that's a financial impact metric, not a recovery cost metric.

Memory tip: Split the two concepts in your head - Recovery Cost = "What does it take to fix it?" (servers affected + rebuild time), while Downtime Cost = "What did we lose while it was broken?" (revenue × hours down). If the question says "cost of recovery," look for fix-it factors, not loss factors.

No community discussion yet for this question.