27 Logging & Monitoring questions from the MLOps & Integration bank, written for Indian campus drives and tech interviews. Every question has a verified answer and an AI-tutor explanation on placd.
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A.Splunk's Search Processing Language for querying, filtering and transforming indexed events
B.the Prometheus component that deduplicates, groups and routes alerts to email, Slack or PagerDuty
C.the repository where Splunk stores ingested events, the unit of retention and access control
D.a platform that indexes machine data and logs for search, dashboards and alerting
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2. Which term means: "a platform that indexes machine data and logs for search, dashboards and alerting"?
Junior
A.Alertmanager
B.SLO
C.SPL
D.Splunk
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3. Which statement is correct?
Junior
A.Splunk — a Service Level Objective: a target value for a reliability metric (e.g. 99.9% availability) that budgets errors
B.Splunk — ITRS's real-time monitoring tool widely used in banks to watch processes, infrastructure and apps
C.Splunk — the Geneos component that applies rules and thresholds to data from Netprobes and raises alerts
D.Splunk — a platform that indexes machine data and logs for search, dashboards and alerting
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4. What is SPL?
Junior
A.the repository where Splunk stores ingested events, the unit of retention and access control
B.Splunk's Search Processing Language for querying, filtering and transforming indexed events
C.the Geneos agent that collects metrics on a monitored host and sends them to the Gateway
D.the Prometheus component that deduplicates, groups and routes alerts to email, Slack or PagerDuty
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5. Which term means: "Splunk's Search Processing Language for querying, filtering and transforming indexed events"?
Junior
A.SPL
B.Alertmanager
C.Splunk
D.SLO
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6. Which statement is correct?
Junior
A.SPL — a Service Level Objective: a target value for a reliability metric (e.g. 99.9% availability) that budgets errors
B.SPL — Splunk's Search Processing Language for querying, filtering and transforming indexed events
C.SPL — the Geneos agent that collects metrics on a monitored host and sends them to the Gateway
D.SPL — ITRS's real-time monitoring tool widely used in banks to watch processes, infrastructure and apps
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7. What is Splunk index?
Mid
A.the Geneos agent that collects metrics on a monitored host and sends them to the Gateway
B.a platform that indexes machine data and logs for search, dashboards and alerting
C.ITRS's real-time monitoring tool widely used in banks to watch processes, infrastructure and apps
D.the repository where Splunk stores ingested events, the unit of retention and access control
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8. Which term means: "the repository where Splunk stores ingested events, the unit of retention and access control"?
Mid
A.SPL
B.Splunk
C.Prometheus
D.Splunk index
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9. Which statement is correct?
Mid
A.Splunk index — ITRS's real-time monitoring tool widely used in banks to watch processes, infrastructure and apps
B.Splunk index — the repository where Splunk stores ingested events, the unit of retention and access control
C.Splunk index — the Prometheus component that deduplicates, groups and routes alerts to email, Slack or PagerDuty
D.Splunk index — the Geneos component that applies rules and thresholds to data from Netprobes and raises alerts
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10. What is Geneos?
Junior
A.a pull-based metrics system that scrapes time-series from instrumented targets
B.the Prometheus component that deduplicates, groups and routes alerts to email, Slack or PagerDuty
C.ITRS's real-time monitoring tool widely used in banks to watch processes, infrastructure and apps
D.the Geneos agent that collects metrics on a monitored host and sends them to the Gateway
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11. Which term means: "ITRS's real-time monitoring tool widely used in banks to watch processes, infrastructure and apps"?
Junior
A.Splunk
B.Geneos
C.Geneos Netprobe
D.Alertmanager
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12. Which statement is correct?
Junior
A.Geneos — a Service Level Objective: a target value for a reliability metric (e.g. 99.9% availability) that budgets errors
B.Geneos — Splunk's Search Processing Language for querying, filtering and transforming indexed events
C.Geneos — a pull-based metrics system that scrapes time-series from instrumented targets
D.Geneos — ITRS's real-time monitoring tool widely used in banks to watch processes, infrastructure and apps
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13. What is Geneos Netprobe?
Mid
A.a pull-based metrics system that scrapes time-series from instrumented targets
B.the Geneos agent that collects metrics on a monitored host and sends them to the Gateway
C.the repository where Splunk stores ingested events, the unit of retention and access control
D.a Service Level Objective: a target value for a reliability metric (e.g. 99.9% availability) that budgets errors
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14. Which term means: "the Geneos agent that collects metrics on a monitored host and sends them to the Gateway"?
Mid
A.Geneos Netprobe
B.Geneos
C.SPL
D.SLO
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15. Which statement is correct?
Mid
A.Geneos Netprobe — the Geneos component that applies rules and thresholds to data from Netprobes and raises alerts
B.Geneos Netprobe — a pull-based metrics system that scrapes time-series from instrumented targets
C.Geneos Netprobe — the Geneos agent that collects metrics on a monitored host and sends them to the Gateway
D.Geneos Netprobe — a platform that indexes machine data and logs for search, dashboards and alerting
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16. What is Geneos Gateway?
Mid
A.Splunk's Search Processing Language for querying, filtering and transforming indexed events
B.a pull-based metrics system that scrapes time-series from instrumented targets
C.the Geneos component that applies rules and thresholds to data from Netprobes and raises alerts
D.the Prometheus component that deduplicates, groups and routes alerts to email, Slack or PagerDuty
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17. Which term means: "the Geneos component that applies rules and thresholds to data from Netprobes and raises alerts"?
Mid
A.Geneos Netprobe
B.Geneos Gateway
C.Alertmanager
D.Prometheus
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18. Which statement is correct?
Mid
A.Geneos Gateway — ITRS's real-time monitoring tool widely used in banks to watch processes, infrastructure and apps
B.Geneos Gateway — the Prometheus component that deduplicates, groups and routes alerts to email, Slack or PagerDuty
C.Geneos Gateway — the Geneos component that applies rules and thresholds to data from Netprobes and raises alerts
D.Geneos Gateway — a Service Level Objective: a target value for a reliability metric (e.g. 99.9% availability) that budgets errors
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19. What is Prometheus?
Junior
A.the Geneos agent that collects metrics on a monitored host and sends them to the Gateway
B.ITRS's real-time monitoring tool widely used in banks to watch processes, infrastructure and apps
C.a pull-based metrics system that scrapes time-series from instrumented targets
D.a platform that indexes machine data and logs for search, dashboards and alerting
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20. Which term means: "a pull-based metrics system that scrapes time-series from instrumented targets"?
Junior
A.SLO
B.Alertmanager
C.Prometheus
D.SPL
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21. Which statement is correct?
Junior
A.Prometheus — the Geneos agent that collects metrics on a monitored host and sends them to the Gateway
B.Prometheus — a Service Level Objective: a target value for a reliability metric (e.g. 99.9% availability) that budgets errors
C.Prometheus — ITRS's real-time monitoring tool widely used in banks to watch processes, infrastructure and apps
D.Prometheus — a pull-based metrics system that scrapes time-series from instrumented targets
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22. What is Alertmanager?
Mid
A.a Service Level Objective: a target value for a reliability metric (e.g. 99.9% availability) that budgets errors
B.the Prometheus component that deduplicates, groups and routes alerts to email, Slack or PagerDuty
C.Splunk's Search Processing Language for querying, filtering and transforming indexed events
D.the repository where Splunk stores ingested events, the unit of retention and access control
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23. Which term means: "the Prometheus component that deduplicates, groups and routes alerts to email, Slack or PagerDuty"?
Mid
A.SLO
B.Alertmanager
C.SPL
D.Prometheus
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24. Which statement is correct?
Mid
A.Alertmanager — the repository where Splunk stores ingested events, the unit of retention and access control
B.Alertmanager — the Geneos agent that collects metrics on a monitored host and sends them to the Gateway
C.Alertmanager — the Prometheus component that deduplicates, groups and routes alerts to email, Slack or PagerDuty
D.Alertmanager — ITRS's real-time monitoring tool widely used in banks to watch processes, infrastructure and apps
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25. What is SLO?
Senior
A.a pull-based metrics system that scrapes time-series from instrumented targets
B.the repository where Splunk stores ingested events, the unit of retention and access control
C.a Service Level Objective: a target value for a reliability metric (e.g. 99.9% availability) that budgets errors
D.a platform that indexes machine data and logs for search, dashboards and alerting
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26. Which term means: "a Service Level Objective: a target value for a reliability metric (e.g. 99.9% availability) that budgets errors"?
Senior
A.SLO
B.Geneos Gateway
C.Prometheus
D.Geneos Netprobe
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27. Which statement is correct?
Senior
A.SLO — the Geneos agent that collects metrics on a monitored host and sends them to the Gateway
B.SLO — ITRS's real-time monitoring tool widely used in banks to watch processes, infrastructure and apps
C.SLO — Splunk's Search Processing Language for querying, filtering and transforming indexed events
D.SLO — a Service Level Objective: a target value for a reliability metric (e.g. 99.9% availability) that budgets errors
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