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How should a system's Recovery Time Objective compare with its Maximum Tolerable Downtime?

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  1. Longer than the MTD
  2. Shorter than the MTD
  3. Exactly twice the MTD

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  1. NIST SP 800-34 Rev. 1, Contingency Planning Guide for Federal Information Systems nvlpubs.nist.gov/nistpubs/Legacy/SP/nistspecialpublication800-34r1.pdf Checked 2026-10-10.

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