Cloud-Native Monitoring Solutions CSE Practice Questions (Page 6)

Questions 26–30

1. 26application · medium

   A security analyst notices that the current alerting configuration generates hundreds of notifications for minor events, causing the team to miss critical alerts. They want to reduce noise while ensuring that high-severity events still trigger immediate notifications. What should they configure?

   • ADisable all alerts and rely on manual log review
   • BCreate a suppression rule for all low-severity alerts
   • CUse alert grouping and severity-based routing
   • DIncrease the alert threshold for all rules
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2. 27foundation · easy

   Which of the following is a common technique used by cloud-native monitoring solutions to analyze aggregated logs for security purposes?

   • ACompressing logs to reduce storage costs
   • BSearching for known indicators of compromise (IOCs) across log entries
   • CConverting logs into PDF reports for manual review
   • DDeleting logs older than 30 days automatically
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4. 28application · medium

   A company runs workloads in Google Cloud and needs to analyze security logs from Compute Engine, Cloud Storage, and Cloud IAM in one place. They also want to create a custom dashboard for the security team and set up alerts based on correlated events. Which Google Cloud service should they use?

   • ACloud Logging only
   • BCloud Audit Logs only
   • CCloud Operations (formerly Stackdriver)
   • DCloud Monitoring only
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5. 29foundation · easy

   Which of the following is an example of a metric that a cloud-native monitoring solution would collect?

   • AA detailed trace of a request across microservices
   • BThe raw text of an application error message
   • CCPU utilization percentage of a virtual machine
   • DA record of a user logging into the cloud console
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6. 30foundation · easy

   What is the role of monitoring data during the investigation phase of an incident response?

   • AIt provides evidence and context to determine the scope and impact of the incident
   • BIt deletes malicious files from affected systems
   • CIt prevents the incident from spreading by blocking network traffic
   • DIt automatically restores affected systems to their last known good state
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