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A.a YAML file describing automation tasks to run on hosts
B.the allowable unreliability derived from an SLO before changes freeze
C.a time-series monitoring system that scrapes metrics endpoints
D.a protocol for monitoring and managing network devices
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2. Which term means: "a protocol for monitoring and managing network devices"?
Junior
A.SNMP
B.Ansible inventory
C.MTTR
D.uptime
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3. Which statement is correct?
Junior
A.SNMP — time since the system last booted (also shows load average)
B.SNMP — a time-series monitoring system that scrapes metrics endpoints
C.SNMP — Mean Time Between Failures — average uptime between incidents
D.SNMP — a protocol for monitoring and managing network devices
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4. What is uptime?
Junior
A.latency, traffic, errors and saturation — the core SRE metrics
B.a time-series monitoring system that scrapes metrics endpoints
C.a dashboarding tool for visualizing metrics
D.time since the system last booted (also shows load average)
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5. Which term means: "time since the system last booted (also shows load average)"?
Junior
A.golden signals
B.uptime
C.Grafana
D.SNMP
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6. Which statement is correct?
Junior
A.uptime — a Service Level Agreement defining uptime/response commitments
B.uptime — Mean Time Between Failures — average uptime between incidents
C.uptime — time since the system last booted (also shows load average)
D.uptime — a dashboarding tool for visualizing metrics
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7. What is Prometheus?
Mid
A.a YAML file describing automation tasks to run on hosts
B.the allowable unreliability derived from an SLO before changes freeze
C.a time-series monitoring system that scrapes metrics endpoints
D.latency, traffic, errors and saturation — the core SRE metrics
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8. Which term means: "a time-series monitoring system that scrapes metrics endpoints"?
Mid
A.MTTR
B.Prometheus
C.Ansible playbook
D.MTBF
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9. Which statement is correct?
Mid
A.Prometheus — latency, traffic, errors and saturation — the core SRE metrics
B.Prometheus — a time-series monitoring system that scrapes metrics endpoints
C.Prometheus — the allowable unreliability derived from an SLO before changes freeze
D.Prometheus — a classic host/service monitoring and alerting system
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10. What is Grafana?
Mid
A.a classic host/service monitoring and alerting system
B.re-running a playbook leaves already-correct hosts unchanged
C.a YAML file describing automation tasks to run on hosts
D.a dashboarding tool for visualizing metrics
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11. Which term means: "a dashboarding tool for visualizing metrics"?
Mid
A.Ansible inventory
B.Grafana
C.Nagios
D.golden signals
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12. Which statement is correct?
Mid
A.Grafana — a YAML file describing automation tasks to run on hosts
B.Grafana — latency, traffic, errors and saturation — the core SRE metrics
C.Grafana — a dashboarding tool for visualizing metrics
D.Grafana — Mean Time To Repair — average time to restore a failed service
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13. What is Nagios?
Mid
A.the allowable unreliability derived from an SLO before changes freeze
B.Mean Time To Repair — average time to restore a failed service
C.a time-series monitoring system that scrapes metrics endpoints
D.a classic host/service monitoring and alerting system
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14. Which term means: "a classic host/service monitoring and alerting system"?
Mid
A.Nagios
B.uptime
C.error budget
D.Ansible idempotency
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15. Which statement is correct?
Mid
A.Nagios — time since the system last booted (also shows load average)
B.Nagios — a classic host/service monitoring and alerting system
C.Nagios — Mean Time To Repair — average time to restore a failed service
D.Nagios — re-running a playbook leaves already-correct hosts unchanged
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16. What is Ansible playbook?
Mid
A.a YAML file describing automation tasks to run on hosts
B.a classic host/service monitoring and alerting system
C.a Service Level Agreement defining uptime/response commitments
D.Mean Time To Repair — average time to restore a failed service
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17. Which term means: "a YAML file describing automation tasks to run on hosts"?
Mid
A.Nagios
B.Ansible playbook
C.uptime
D.MTBF
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18. Which statement is correct?
Mid
A.Ansible playbook — Mean Time Between Failures — average uptime between incidents
B.Ansible playbook — a protocol for monitoring and managing network devices
C.Ansible playbook — time since the system last booted (also shows load average)
D.Ansible playbook — a YAML file describing automation tasks to run on hosts
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19. What is Ansible idempotency?
Mid
A.the allowable unreliability derived from an SLO before changes freeze
B.a classic host/service monitoring and alerting system
C.a time-series monitoring system that scrapes metrics endpoints
D.re-running a playbook leaves already-correct hosts unchanged
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20. Which term means: "re-running a playbook leaves already-correct hosts unchanged"?
Mid
A.MTTR
B.Ansible idempotency
C.Prometheus
D.SLA
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21. Which statement is correct?
Mid
A.Ansible idempotency — a dashboarding tool for visualizing metrics
B.Ansible idempotency — the file listing managed hosts and groups
C.Ansible idempotency — a protocol for monitoring and managing network devices
D.Ansible idempotency — re-running a playbook leaves already-correct hosts unchanged
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22. What is Ansible inventory?
Senior
A.re-running a playbook leaves already-correct hosts unchanged
B.a protocol for monitoring and managing network devices
C.the file listing managed hosts and groups
D.Mean Time Between Failures — average uptime between incidents
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23. Which term means: "the file listing managed hosts and groups"?
Senior
A.Ansible inventory
B.SLA
C.error budget
D.Ansible idempotency
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24. Which statement is correct?
Senior
A.Ansible inventory — a classic host/service monitoring and alerting system
B.Ansible inventory — the file listing managed hosts and groups
C.Ansible inventory — Mean Time To Repair — average time to restore a failed service
D.Ansible inventory — Mean Time Between Failures — average uptime between incidents
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25. What is SLA?
Mid
A.a time-series monitoring system that scrapes metrics endpoints
B.Mean Time To Repair — average time to restore a failed service
C.a Service Level Agreement defining uptime/response commitments
D.latency, traffic, errors and saturation — the core SRE metrics
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26. Which term means: "a Service Level Agreement defining uptime/response commitments"?
Mid
A.MTBF
B.SLA
C.Nagios
D.error budget
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27. Which statement is correct?
Mid
A.SLA — the file listing managed hosts and groups
B.SLA — the allowable unreliability derived from an SLO before changes freeze
C.SLA — a Service Level Agreement defining uptime/response commitments
D.SLA — latency, traffic, errors and saturation — the core SRE metrics
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28. What is MTTR?
Senior
A.Mean Time To Repair — average time to restore a failed service
B.a dashboarding tool for visualizing metrics
C.re-running a playbook leaves already-correct hosts unchanged
D.a classic host/service monitoring and alerting system
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29. Which term means: "Mean Time To Repair — average time to restore a failed service"?
Senior
A.Ansible inventory
B.MTBF
C.SLA
D.MTTR
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30. Which statement is correct?
Senior
A.MTTR — a time-series monitoring system that scrapes metrics endpoints
B.MTTR — the file listing managed hosts and groups
C.MTTR — Mean Time To Repair — average time to restore a failed service
D.MTTR — Mean Time Between Failures — average uptime between incidents
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