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CAS-005 · Question #458

The management team at a company with a large, aging server environment is conducting a server risk assessment in order to create a replacement strategy. The replacement strategy will be based upon th

The correct answer is D. MTBF. MTBF measures the average operational time between inherent failures of a system. By comparing MTBF values across your aging servers, you can rank them by their projected failure rates, allowing to prioritize replacement based solely on the likelihood of failure, independent of a

Submitted by kev92· Mar 6, 2026Governance, Risk, and Compliance

Question

The management team at a company with a large, aging server environment is conducting a server risk assessment in order to create a replacement strategy. The replacement strategy will be based upon the likelihood a server will fail, regardless of the criticality of the application running on a particular server. Which of the following should be used to prioritize the server replacements?

Options

  • ASLE
  • BMTTR
  • CTCO
  • DMTBF
  • EMSA

How the community answered

(69 responses)
  • B
    1% (1)
  • C
    6% (4)
  • D
    88% (61)
  • E
    4% (3)

Explanation

MTBF measures the average operational time between inherent failures of a system. By comparing MTBF values across your aging servers, you can rank them by their projected failure rates, allowing to prioritize replacement based solely on the likelihood of failure, independent of application criticality.

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