Cloud · Observability interview questions

24 real Cloud · Observability questions from the Cloud bank, as asked in Indian campus drives and tech interviews. Every question has a verified answer and an AI-tutor explanation on placd — free to start.

1. What is Metric?

Junior
  1. A.following a single request as it traverses multiple services to find latency sources
  2. B.Service Level Objective; a target threshold for an SLI over a measurement window
  3. C.a numeric measurement of a system attribute sampled over time, like CPU utilization
  4. D.Service Level Indicator; a measured quantity reflecting service quality, like error rate
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3. Which statement is correct?

Junior
  1. A.Metric — Service Level Objective; a target threshold for an SLI over a measurement window
  2. B.Metric — Service Level Indicator; a measured quantity reflecting service quality, like error rate
  3. C.Metric — a numeric measurement of a system attribute sampled over time, like CPU utilization
  4. D.Metric — the number of unique label combinations in metrics, a key driver of monitoring cost
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4. What is Structured Logging?

Junior
  1. A.the allowed amount of unreliability under an SLO before changes are halted
  2. B.Service Level Objective; a target threshold for an SLI over a measurement window
  3. C.a numeric measurement of a system attribute sampled over time, like CPU utilization
  4. D.emitting logs as machine-parsable key-value records, typically JSON
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6. Which statement is correct?

Junior
  1. A.Structured Logging — the allowed amount of unreliability under an SLO before changes are halted
  2. B.Structured Logging — emitting logs as machine-parsable key-value records, typically JSON
  3. C.Structured Logging — a vendor-neutral standard and SDK for generating metrics, logs, and traces
  4. D.Structured Logging — Service Level Objective; a target threshold for an SLI over a measurement window
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7. What is Distributed Tracing?

Mid
  1. A.the allowed amount of unreliability under an SLO before changes are halted
  2. B.emitting logs as machine-parsable key-value records, typically JSON
  3. C.following a single request as it traverses multiple services to find latency sources
  4. D.Service Level Objective; a target threshold for an SLI over a measurement window
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9. Which statement is correct?

Mid
  1. A.Distributed Tracing — a vendor-neutral standard and SDK for generating metrics, logs, and traces
  2. B.Distributed Tracing — following a single request as it traverses multiple services to find latency sources
  3. C.Distributed Tracing — the allowed amount of unreliability under an SLO before changes are halted
  4. D.Distributed Tracing — the number of unique label combinations in metrics, a key driver of monitoring cost
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10. What is SLI?

Mid
  1. A.following a single request as it traverses multiple services to find latency sources
  2. B.Service Level Indicator; a measured quantity reflecting service quality, like error rate
  3. C.a vendor-neutral standard and SDK for generating metrics, logs, and traces
  4. D.the allowed amount of unreliability under an SLO before changes are halted
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12. Which statement is correct?

Mid
  1. A.SLI — Service Level Indicator; a measured quantity reflecting service quality, like error rate
  2. B.SLI — Service Level Objective; a target threshold for an SLI over a measurement window
  3. C.SLI — the allowed amount of unreliability under an SLO before changes are halted
  4. D.SLI — following a single request as it traverses multiple services to find latency sources
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13. What is SLO?

Mid
  1. A.the number of unique label combinations in metrics, a key driver of monitoring cost
  2. B.Service Level Objective; a target threshold for an SLI over a measurement window
  3. C.the allowed amount of unreliability under an SLO before changes are halted
  4. D.a vendor-neutral standard and SDK for generating metrics, logs, and traces
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15. Which statement is correct?

Mid
  1. A.SLO — following a single request as it traverses multiple services to find latency sources
  2. B.SLO — Service Level Objective; a target threshold for an SLI over a measurement window
  3. C.SLO — a vendor-neutral standard and SDK for generating metrics, logs, and traces
  4. D.SLO — emitting logs as machine-parsable key-value records, typically JSON
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16. What is Error Budget?

Senior
  1. A.a numeric measurement of a system attribute sampled over time, like CPU utilization
  2. B.following a single request as it traverses multiple services to find latency sources
  3. C.the number of unique label combinations in metrics, a key driver of monitoring cost
  4. D.the allowed amount of unreliability under an SLO before changes are halted
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18. Which statement is correct?

Senior
  1. A.Error Budget — following a single request as it traverses multiple services to find latency sources
  2. B.Error Budget — the allowed amount of unreliability under an SLO before changes are halted
  3. C.Error Budget — emitting logs as machine-parsable key-value records, typically JSON
  4. D.Error Budget — Service Level Objective; a target threshold for an SLI over a measurement window
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19. What is Cardinality?

Senior
  1. A.following a single request as it traverses multiple services to find latency sources
  2. B.emitting logs as machine-parsable key-value records, typically JSON
  3. C.Service Level Objective; a target threshold for an SLI over a measurement window
  4. D.the number of unique label combinations in metrics, a key driver of monitoring cost
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21. Which statement is correct?

Senior
  1. A.Cardinality — Service Level Indicator; a measured quantity reflecting service quality, like error rate
  2. B.Cardinality — a numeric measurement of a system attribute sampled over time, like CPU utilization
  3. C.Cardinality — emitting logs as machine-parsable key-value records, typically JSON
  4. D.Cardinality — the number of unique label combinations in metrics, a key driver of monitoring cost
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22. What is OpenTelemetry?

Senior
  1. A.following a single request as it traverses multiple services to find latency sources
  2. B.a vendor-neutral standard and SDK for generating metrics, logs, and traces
  3. C.emitting logs as machine-parsable key-value records, typically JSON
  4. D.the allowed amount of unreliability under an SLO before changes are halted
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24. Which statement is correct?

Senior
  1. A.OpenTelemetry — following a single request as it traverses multiple services to find latency sources
  2. B.OpenTelemetry — emitting logs as machine-parsable key-value records, typically JSON
  3. C.OpenTelemetry — a vendor-neutral standard and SDK for generating metrics, logs, and traces
  4. D.OpenTelemetry — Service Level Indicator; a measured quantity reflecting service quality, like error rate
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