Recovery Time Objective (RTO)defines themaximum acceptable downtimebefore business operations must be restored. It helps organizations set expectations for recovery speed and prioritize system restoration accordingly. * A (likelihood of an incident and cost)relates to risk assessment, not RTO. * B (roles and responsibilities)falls underincident response planning, not RTO. * C (state of restored systems)is covered byRecovery Point Objective (RPO), not RTO.