Metrics interview questions

12 real Metrics questions from the Caching 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 Hit rate?

Junior
  1. A.how frequently entries are forced out, often signaling that capacity is too small for the working set
  2. B.the response time experienced by the slowest requests, often dominated by misses and backend fetches
  3. C.the fraction of lookups that had to fall back to the underlying data source
  4. D.the fraction of lookups served from the fast store rather than the backing source
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3. Which statement is correct?

Junior
  1. A.Hit rate — the fraction of lookups that had to fall back to the underlying data source
  2. B.Hit rate — how frequently entries are forced out, often signaling that capacity is too small for the working set
  3. C.Hit rate — the fraction of lookups served from the fast store rather than the backing source
  4. D.Hit rate — the response time experienced by the slowest requests, often dominated by misses and backend fetches
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4. What is Miss rate?

Junior
  1. A.the response time experienced by the slowest requests, often dominated by misses and backend fetches
  2. B.how frequently entries are forced out, often signaling that capacity is too small for the working set
  3. C.the fraction of lookups that had to fall back to the underlying data source
  4. D.the fraction of lookups served from the fast store rather than the backing source
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6. Which statement is correct?

Junior
  1. A.Miss rate — how frequently entries are forced out, often signaling that capacity is too small for the working set
  2. B.Miss rate — the fraction of lookups that had to fall back to the underlying data source
  3. C.Miss rate — the response time experienced by the slowest requests, often dominated by misses and backend fetches
  4. D.Miss rate — the fraction of lookups served from the fast store rather than the backing source
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7. What is Eviction rate?

Mid
  1. A.the fraction of lookups served from the fast store rather than the backing source
  2. B.how frequently entries are forced out, often signaling that capacity is too small for the working set
  3. C.the fraction of lookups that had to fall back to the underlying data source
  4. D.the response time experienced by the slowest requests, often dominated by misses and backend fetches
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9. Which statement is correct?

Mid
  1. A.Eviction rate — the response time experienced by the slowest requests, often dominated by misses and backend fetches
  2. B.Eviction rate — the fraction of lookups served from the fast store rather than the backing source
  3. C.Eviction rate — the fraction of lookups that had to fall back to the underlying data source
  4. D.Eviction rate — how frequently entries are forced out, often signaling that capacity is too small for the working set
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10. What is Tail latency?

Mid
  1. A.how frequently entries are forced out, often signaling that capacity is too small for the working set
  2. B.the fraction of lookups served from the fast store rather than the backing source
  3. C.the fraction of lookups that had to fall back to the underlying data source
  4. D.the response time experienced by the slowest requests, often dominated by misses and backend fetches
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12. Which statement is correct?

Mid
  1. A.Tail latency — the response time experienced by the slowest requests, often dominated by misses and backend fetches
  2. B.Tail latency — the fraction of lookups that had to fall back to the underlying data source
  3. C.Tail latency — the fraction of lookups served from the fast store rather than the backing source
  4. D.Tail latency — how frequently entries are forced out, often signaling that capacity is too small for the working set
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