Introduction to Site Reliability Engineering
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What is the primary focus of Site Reliability Engineering?

  • Enhancing user experience
  • Achieving the appropriate level of reliability (correct)
  • Ensuring sustainable growth
  • Improving software features

    • Which of the following organizations is NOT mentioned as adopting SRE?

  • Bloomberg
  • Home Depot
  • Standard Chartered Bank
  • IBM (correct)

    • Which aspect is typically associated with Site Reliability Engineering?

  • Traditional project management
  • Mobile app development
  • Incident response (correct)
  • Content creation

    • How does SRE differ from traditional IT operations?

    <p>SRE is focused on software engineering principles</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following statements best defines SRE as a discipline?

    <p>A discipline dedicated to large-scale service reliability</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the first step in mapping user journeys?

    <p>Set measurable objectives for your service</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which aspect is emphasized after prioritizing the most important user journey?

    <p>Define what 'good' means to users</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does defining the SLIs contribute to a service?

    <p>It enhances visibility into service performance</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the advantage of making the service 'observable'?

    <p>It allows for effective troubleshooting and performance monitoring</p> Signup and view all the answers

    After mapping out high-level system components, what should be the next focus?

    <p>Define the SLIs</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does SLO stand for?

    <p>Service Level Objective</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Latency refers to which of the following?

    <p>The time taken for a response to be delivered to a user</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which two factors contribute significantly to a higher risk of exceeding an error budget?

    <p>A big-bang release</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is a key benefit of adopting SLOs in conjunction with users?

    <p>Less chance the user experience will be compromised</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following is NOT recognized as an SLO?

    <p>Total cost of ownership</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is typically true about response time?

    <p>It measures the interaction speed with a service</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is a characteristic of a big-bang release?

    <p>High risk due to simultaneous deployment</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does error budget help teams manage?

    <p>Acceptable levels of service failures</p> Signup and view all the answers

    SLI’s are best represented as:

    <p>A ratio of two numbers</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What approach would you use to measure the internal performance of a service?

    <p>Application Performance Management</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of these is a popular monitoring tool?

    <p>Prometheus</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of these is not a technical element of observability?

    <p>Number of failed logins</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does Application Performance Management (APM) primarily focus on?

    <p>Monitoring software performance and availability</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the role of agents in the monitoring anatomy?

    <p>To check execution and pass information to the core</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following tools is NOT categorized under monitoring or logging?

    <p>Jenkins</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the purpose of the core in the monitoring structure?

    <p>To aggregate data and respond to alerts</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following best describes the intention behind monitoring SLI's?

    <p>To ensure effective monitoring without excessive alerts</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the term 'SLI' refer to in monitoring contexts?

    <p>Service Level Indicator</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the primary function of graphing in the monitoring architecture?

    <p>To visualize data over time</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which component is responsible for detecting anomalies in monitored systems?

    <p>Core</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following best describes 'thresholds' in the context of monitoring?

    <p>Limits that trigger alerts when exceeded</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the Greek root 'tele' in the word telemetry signify?

    <p>Remote</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following best describes toil?

    <p>Work that is manual, repetitive, and devoid of enduring value</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which scenario exemplifies toil?

    <p>Constantly resetting passwords manually</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is NOT a characteristic of toil?

    <p>High-level strategic planning</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How does toil mainly affect individuals according to the provided content?

    <p>It leads to slow progress due to manual work.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of these tasks is clearly identified as toil?

    <p>Running a manual start/reset of equipment</p> Signup and view all the answers

    In what way does toil scale as a service grows?

    <p>It scales linearly, increasing the amount of manual work needed.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following best defines a condition that is NOT considered toil?

    <p>Conducting regular development tasks for new features</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What impact does high toil have on organizations?

    <p>Leads to insufficient value opportunities due to manual work</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which example is a common misconception about toil?

    <p>Toil can include strategic meetings.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What types of work are categorized as toil?

    <p>Manual, repetitive, and automatable tasks</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of these statements best encapsulates why toil is detrimental?

    <p>It consumes valuable time that could be spent on innovative work.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Among these options, which best explains the term 'manual work' in the context of toil?

    <p>Work that is carried out without automation and involves repetitive tasks</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What could be a potential benefit of reducing toil in a workplace?

    <p>Increased time for strategic initiatives</p> Signup and view all the answers

    When is work considered tactical rather than strategic?

    <p>When it is manual and does not add long-term value</p> Signup and view all the answers

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