In the recovery scenario, what is the total time required for recovery?

• A. 14 hours
• B. 10 hours
• C. 4 hours
• D. 24 hours

Answer: (A)

The total time to recover is the sum of all activities needed to restore services, from when the incident is detected to when normal operations are fully resumed. This reflects the Recovery Time Objective for the scenario, describing how long downtime may be tolerated while bringing systems back online.

In this scenario, the durations for each recovery activity—detection/notification, failover or restoration, data recovery, and validation—add up to 14 hours. That total represents the time required to complete every step and return to normal operations, which is why 14 hours is the appropriate recovery time.

The other options would imply totals that don’t match the combined durations of the required recovery steps given in the scenario, so they’re not consistent with the described rebuild and verification process.