Observability interview questions

1. A.a visualization tool that builds dashboards over Prometheus, Loki, Elasticsearch and other sources
2. B.metrics, logs and traces — the complementary signals that together explain system behavior
3. C.keeping only a fraction of traces (head- or tail-based) to control telemetry volume and cost
4. D.the Elastic Stack UI for searching, visualizing and dashboarding indexed log data

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1. A.Langfuse
2. B.Cardinality
3. C.Three pillars
4. D.OTel Collector

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1. A.Three pillars — keeping only a fraction of traces (head- or tail-based) to control telemetry volume and cost
2. B.Three pillars — a pipeline that receives, processes and exports telemetry, decoupling apps from backends
3. C.Three pillars — metrics, logs and traces — the complementary signals that together explain system behavior
4. D.Three pillars — an LLM-focused observability platform that traces prompts, tokens, cost and latency and runs evals

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1. A.keeping only a fraction of traces (head- or tail-based) to control telemetry volume and cost
2. B.a visualization tool that builds dashboards over Prometheus, Loki, Elasticsearch and other sources
3. C.a vendor-neutral standard and SDK for generating and exporting traces, metrics and logs
4. D.a pipeline that receives, processes and exports telemetry, decoupling apps from backends

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1. A.Sampling
2. B.OpenTelemetry
3. C.Cardinality
4. D.Elastic Stack (ELK)

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1. A.OpenTelemetry — passing trace and span IDs across service calls so one request is stitched into a single trace
2. B.OpenTelemetry — a visualization tool that builds dashboards over Prometheus, Loki, Elasticsearch and other sources
3. C.OpenTelemetry — the Elastic Stack UI for searching, visualizing and dashboarding indexed log data
4. D.OpenTelemetry — a vendor-neutral standard and SDK for generating and exporting traces, metrics and logs

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1. A.the number of unique label/value combinations in metrics; high cardinality can overwhelm a TSDB
2. B.a visualization tool that builds dashboards over Prometheus, Loki, Elasticsearch and other sources
3. C.a single timed operation in a distributed trace, with parent/child links forming the trace tree
4. D.Elasticsearch, Logstash and Kibana — a stack for ingesting, storing and exploring logs

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1. A.Sampling
2. B.Span
3. C.Langfuse
4. D.Elastic Stack (ELK)

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1. A.Span — passing trace and span IDs across service calls so one request is stitched into a single trace
2. B.Span — keeping only a fraction of traces (head- or tail-based) to control telemetry volume and cost
3. C.Span — Elasticsearch, Logstash and Kibana — a stack for ingesting, storing and exploring logs
4. D.Span — a single timed operation in a distributed trace, with parent/child links forming the trace tree

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1. A.an LLM-focused observability platform that traces prompts, tokens, cost and latency and runs evals
2. B.passing trace and span IDs across service calls so one request is stitched into a single trace
3. C.a vendor-neutral standard and SDK for generating and exporting traces, metrics and logs
4. D.a visualization tool that builds dashboards over Prometheus, Loki, Elasticsearch and other sources

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1. A.OpenTelemetry
2. B.Trace context propagation
3. C.Span
4. D.Sampling

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1. A.Trace context propagation — an LLM-focused observability platform that traces prompts, tokens, cost and latency and runs evals
2. B.Trace context propagation — a visualization tool that builds dashboards over Prometheus, Loki, Elasticsearch and other sources
3. C.Trace context propagation — metrics, logs and traces — the complementary signals that together explain system behavior
4. D.Trace context propagation — passing trace and span IDs across service calls so one request is stitched into a single trace

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1. A.keeping only a fraction of traces (head- or tail-based) to control telemetry volume and cost
2. B.a visualization tool that builds dashboards over Prometheus, Loki, Elasticsearch and other sources
3. C.the Elastic Stack UI for searching, visualizing and dashboarding indexed log data
4. D.a pipeline that receives, processes and exports telemetry, decoupling apps from backends

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1. A.OTel Collector
2. B.Sampling
3. C.Elastic Stack (ELK)
4. D.Span

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1. A.OTel Collector — Elasticsearch, Logstash and Kibana — a stack for ingesting, storing and exploring logs
2. B.OTel Collector — a pipeline that receives, processes and exports telemetry, decoupling apps from backends
3. C.OTel Collector — an LLM-focused observability platform that traces prompts, tokens, cost and latency and runs evals
4. D.OTel Collector — a visualization tool that builds dashboards over Prometheus, Loki, Elasticsearch and other sources

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1. A.a single timed operation in a distributed trace, with parent/child links forming the trace tree
2. B.Elasticsearch, Logstash and Kibana — a stack for ingesting, storing and exploring logs
3. C.a vendor-neutral standard and SDK for generating and exporting traces, metrics and logs
4. D.a visualization tool that builds dashboards over Prometheus, Loki, Elasticsearch and other sources

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1. A.Sampling
2. B.Grafana
3. C.Three pillars
4. D.Trace context propagation

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1. A.Grafana — metrics, logs and traces — the complementary signals that together explain system behavior
2. B.Grafana — a single timed operation in a distributed trace, with parent/child links forming the trace tree
3. C.Grafana — a visualization tool that builds dashboards over Prometheus, Loki, Elasticsearch and other sources
4. D.Grafana — an LLM-focused observability platform that traces prompts, tokens, cost and latency and runs evals

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1. A.Elasticsearch, Logstash and Kibana — a stack for ingesting, storing and exploring logs
2. B.a vendor-neutral standard and SDK for generating and exporting traces, metrics and logs
3. C.passing trace and span IDs across service calls so one request is stitched into a single trace
4. D.an LLM-focused observability platform that traces prompts, tokens, cost and latency and runs evals

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1. A.Kibana
2. B.OTel Collector
3. C.Elastic Stack (ELK)
4. D.Trace context propagation

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1. A.Elastic Stack (ELK) — Elasticsearch, Logstash and Kibana — a stack for ingesting, storing and exploring logs
2. B.Elastic Stack (ELK) — a vendor-neutral standard and SDK for generating and exporting traces, metrics and logs
3. C.Elastic Stack (ELK) — a single timed operation in a distributed trace, with parent/child links forming the trace tree
4. D.Elastic Stack (ELK) — a pipeline that receives, processes and exports telemetry, decoupling apps from backends

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1. A.keeping only a fraction of traces (head- or tail-based) to control telemetry volume and cost
2. B.a vendor-neutral standard and SDK for generating and exporting traces, metrics and logs
3. C.the number of unique label/value combinations in metrics; high cardinality can overwhelm a TSDB
4. D.the Elastic Stack UI for searching, visualizing and dashboarding indexed log data

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1. A.Cardinality
2. B.Span
3. C.OTel Collector
4. D.Kibana

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1. A.Kibana — keeping only a fraction of traces (head- or tail-based) to control telemetry volume and cost
2. B.Kibana — the Elastic Stack UI for searching, visualizing and dashboarding indexed log data
3. C.Kibana — the number of unique label/value combinations in metrics; high cardinality can overwhelm a TSDB
4. D.Kibana — a pipeline that receives, processes and exports telemetry, decoupling apps from backends

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1. A.an LLM-focused observability platform that traces prompts, tokens, cost and latency and runs evals
2. B.a pipeline that receives, processes and exports telemetry, decoupling apps from backends
3. C.the Elastic Stack UI for searching, visualizing and dashboarding indexed log data
4. D.metrics, logs and traces — the complementary signals that together explain system behavior

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1. A.Langfuse
2. B.Cardinality
3. C.Elastic Stack (ELK)
4. D.OTel Collector

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1. A.Langfuse — an LLM-focused observability platform that traces prompts, tokens, cost and latency and runs evals
2. B.Langfuse — a pipeline that receives, processes and exports telemetry, decoupling apps from backends
3. C.Langfuse — a vendor-neutral standard and SDK for generating and exporting traces, metrics and logs
4. D.Langfuse — metrics, logs and traces — the complementary signals that together explain system behavior

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1. A.a single timed operation in a distributed trace, with parent/child links forming the trace tree
2. B.a vendor-neutral standard and SDK for generating and exporting traces, metrics and logs
3. C.the Elastic Stack UI for searching, visualizing and dashboarding indexed log data
4. D.the number of unique label/value combinations in metrics; high cardinality can overwhelm a TSDB

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1. A.Elastic Stack (ELK)
2. B.Sampling
3. C.Grafana
4. D.Cardinality

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1. A.Cardinality — the Elastic Stack UI for searching, visualizing and dashboarding indexed log data
2. B.Cardinality — a visualization tool that builds dashboards over Prometheus, Loki, Elasticsearch and other sources
3. C.Cardinality — the number of unique label/value combinations in metrics; high cardinality can overwhelm a TSDB
4. D.Cardinality — a pipeline that receives, processes and exports telemetry, decoupling apps from backends

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