Within 60 seconds?
That is ridiculous. If you took that long to initiate a descent I think you would be questioned by most controllers to confirm you have remembered the control instruction. If you took the same time for a turn, you would be 6 miles further on before starting it and have totally buggered up the track distance. (assuming you were in a radar pattern).
Whilst the circumstances and response time will undoubtedly vary from pilot to pilot and a/c type to type, a 60s lag would cause alarm amongst most controllers.