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SY0-501 · Question #130

An organization has determined it can tolerate a maximum of three hours of downtime. Which of the following has been specified?

The correct answer is A. RTO. The organization's maximum tolerable downtime of three hours specifies its Recovery Time Objective (RTO).

Submitted by renata2k· Mar 4, 2026Security program management and oversight

Question

An organization has determined it can tolerate a maximum of three hours of downtime. Which of the following has been specified?

Options

  • ARTO
  • BRPO
  • CMTBF
  • DMTTR

How the community answered

(20 responses)
  • A
    70% (14)
  • B
    5% (1)
  • C
    20% (4)
  • D
    5% (1)

Why each option

The organization's maximum tolerable downtime of three hours specifies its Recovery Time Objective (RTO).

ARTOCorrect

Recovery Time Objective (RTO) defines the maximum acceptable duration of time that a business process or system can be unavailable after an incident or disaster. In this scenario, the three-hour tolerance for downtime directly aligns with the definition of an RTO, which dictates the target time for restoring operations.

BRPO

Recovery Point Objective (RPO) refers to the maximum acceptable amount of data loss, measured in time, not the duration of downtime.

CMTBF

Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF) measures the average expected time between system failures, indicating reliability, not a recovery target.

DMTTR

Mean Time To Recover (MTTR) is the average time required to repair a failed system or component, which is a metric for repair speed, not a maximum acceptable downtime objective.

Concept tested: Recovery Time Objective (RTO) definition

Source: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/architecture/resiliency/recovery-objectives#recovery-time-objective-rto

Topics

#RTO#business continuity#disaster recovery#downtime tolerance

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