CompTIA Security+ (SY0-501) — Question 1021

An organization's primary datacenter is experiencing a two-day outage due to an HVAC malfunction. The node located in the datacenter has lost power and is no longer operational, impacting the ability of all users to connect to the alternate datacenter. Which of the following BIA concepts BEST represents the risk described in this scenario?

Answer options

• A. SPoF
• B. RTO
• C. MTBF
• D. MTTR

Correct answer: A

Explanation

The correct answer is A, SPoF (Single Point of Failure), as the outage demonstrates that the failure of one component (the datacenter) can lead to a total loss of service. The other options—RTO (Recovery Time Objective), MTBF (Mean Time Between Failures), and MTTR (Mean Time To Repair)—do not specifically address the immediate risk posed by a single point of failure in this scenario.