A business can tolerate losing at most 15 minutes of data. Which statement correctly captures what the backup design must satisfy?
A.Restores must complete within 15 minutes
That describes RTO, not data-loss tolerance.
B.Restore points must be created at least every 15 minutes (RPO ≤ 15 minutes)
Correct. RPO ≤ 15 minutes requires recovery points at least every 15 minutes.
C.The system must fail over within 15 minutes of a Region loss
That is an RTO statement about failover speed.
D.Monitoring must alert within 15 minutes
Alerting speed is an operational metric, unrelated to data durability.
Why this answer
RPO (recovery point objective) defines maximum acceptable data loss — the age of the newest restore point after a failure. A 15-minute RPO means recovery points must be produced at least every 15 minutes. RTO is the separate measure of restore/failover time.
Correct answer: B · Last reviewed 2026-10-25
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