Which of the following metrics would be most critical to review when assessing the effectiveness of an organization's Business Continuity Plan regarding revenue loss?

Answer options:

Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF)

Maximum Tolerable Downtime (MTD)

CPU Utilization Rate

Number of backup tapes used

How to approach this question

Link the metric to business impact.

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B.Maximum Tolerable Downtime (MTD)✓ Correct

Maximum Tolerable Downtime (MTD)

Maximum Tolerable Downtime (MTD) represents the maximum amount of time a business process can be inoperative before the organization suffers unacceptable financial or operational loss.

Common mistakes

Confusing MTBF (hardware reliability) with MTD (business impact).

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