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Question 1

What is the core definition of observability?

Select one answer

The ability to monitor CPU usage

The ability to understand the internal state of a system based on its external outputs

The ability to automatically rewrite code to fix bugs

The process of manually checking server racks

Question 2

Which type of log is specifically essential for compliance, security monitoring, and forensic analysis?

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Application Logs

System Logs

Audit Logs

Console Logs

Question 3

What does a "trace" primarily represent in a distributed system?

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The total amount of memory used by the database

The journey of a single request or transaction across various services

A list of all users currently logged in

The monthly cost of cloud infrastructure

Question 4

In the context of data collection, what is 'Instrumentation'?

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Adding code to applications to collect telemetry data

Installing physical sensors on hardware

Creating dashboards for visualization

Deleting old logs to save space

Question 5

What is "Alert Fatigue"?

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When the system slows down due to too many alerts

When operators become overwhelmed by false positives and start ignoring alerts

When the alerting software crashes

When alerts are delivered to the wrong team

Question 6

Which tool is identified as a cloud native manager for service meshes?

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Prometheus

Splunk

Meshery

Nagios

Question 7

Which three concepts are described as fundamental for ensuring services meet reliability targets in SRE?

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SLA, SLO, and SLI

CPU, RAM, and GPU

Dev, Ops, and QA

TCP, IP, and DNS

Question 8

What type of metrics provide insights into the health and performance of the underlying infrastructure?

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Business Metrics

Application Metrics

System Metrics

User Metrics

Question 9

Which components are part of a trace in distributed tracing?

Select all that apply

Spans representing single operations

Trace context carrying the trace identity

CPU usage percentages

Annotations and metadata

Question 10

What is the solution to address the challenge of data volume and overhead in observability?

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Stop collecting all logs

Implementing intelligent data sampling and aggregation techniques

Manually review each log entry

Use only one monitoring tool

Question 11

Which open source distributed tracing systems are mentioned in the content?

Select all that apply

Jaeger

Zipkin

Jenkins

Docker

Question 12

Why is observability particularly crucial for complex, distributed systems?

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It eliminates the need for system maintenance

It helps understand the interaction between different components

It reduces the overall cost of internet bandwidth

It automatically writes code for new features