CompTIA Cloud+ (CV0-003) — Question 336

A local bank has all of its infrastructure in the cloud. An update was applied to the main database server at 5:00 a.m. on Monday morning, and the database was then corrupted and unusable. It had to be restored from backup. The last backup was taken the night before at 10:00 p.m. The database was then restored successfully, but seven hours' worth of data was lost, which is deemed unacceptable. Which of the following needs to be updated in the DR plan?

Answer options

• A. Recovery point objective
• B. Statement of work
• C. Service-level agreement
• D. Recovery time objective

Correct answer: A

Explanation

The Recovery Point Objective (RPO) defines the maximum acceptable amount of data loss measured in time. In this scenario, losing seven hours of data is not acceptable, indicating that the RPO needs to be updated to a shorter duration. The other options, while relevant to the disaster recovery strategy, do not specifically address the data loss issue highlighted in this situation.