Which statement best describes disaster recovery objectives?

• A. Recovery Time Objective and Recovery Point Objective define how quickly operations must be restored and how much data loss is acceptable.
• B. The main objective is to reduce energy consumption during outages.
• C. DR objectives focus solely on employee training timelines.
• D. DR objectives are only concerned with physical facility uptime.

Answer: (A)

Disaster recovery objectives set the targets for how quickly systems need to be back online and how much data may be lost in a disruption. The two key measures are the Recovery Time Objective (RTO), which is the maximum acceptable downtime before services are restored, and the Recovery Point Objective (RPO), which is the maximum tolerable amount of data loss, often tied to how frequently data is backed up or replicated. Together, they define the expected resilience and the level of recovery capability required.

The other ideas miss the point: DR aims to specify recovery targets rather than just reducing energy during outages, timelines for employee training, or solely focusing on keeping a facility up without addressing data restoration and service continuity.