How does the Recovery Time Objective (RTO) differ from the Maximum Tolerable Downtime (MTD)?

RTO is set by regulators, while MTD is set by the organization

RTO is a target for restoration, while MTD is the maximum acceptable outage limit

RTO is a limit, while MTD is a target

RTO measures data loss, while MTD measures downtime

Within the disaster recovery planning process, what is the scope of a Business Impact Analysis (BIA)?

It addresses only external threats such as natural disasters and cyberattacks

It focuses on the entire organization, examining all business functions and their dependencies

It is limited to the finance and accounting departments because they handle monetary impacts

It covers only the IT infrastructure and applications that support business operations

A logistics company's order fulfillment process depends on a third-party warehouse management system (WMS) and an internal inventory database. The BIA team is assessing the impact of a disruption to the order fulfillment function. What should the BIA team consider when determining the criticality of this function?

The impact of a disruption to the internal inventory database only

The combined impact of disruptions to both the internal database and the third-party WMS

The impact of a disruption to the third-party WMS only

The impact of a disruption to the order fulfillment staff only

In a Business Impact Analysis (BIA), what is an example of an external dependency for a critical business function?

The organization's internal HR department

The organization's internal network infrastructure

A third-party payment processing service

What is the Recovery Time Objective (RTO) in disaster recovery planning?

The time required to test the recovery plan and validate its effectiveness

The maximum acceptable amount of data loss measured in time

The target time within which a business function must be restored after a disruption

The longest period of time the organization can survive without the function

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Domain 2Objective 2

Business Impact Analysis (BIA) EDRP Practice Questions (Page 4)

Part of the Risk and Business Impact Analysis domain, which makes up ~14% of our current practice bank. EC-Council does not publish an official question count, but from its 240-minute exam (~95–160 total, ~13–22 in this domain), expect 7–11 from this objective — we provide 38 practice questions to prepare you well beyond it. (estimate)

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