Distributed Tracing Quiz

Quiz covering Application Insights Monitoring

Questions in this quiz

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1. 1

   Which specific identifier in Application Insights is used to correlate telemetry items across different components in a distributed system?

2. 2

   You notice that your microservices are not showing a unified request chain in the Application Map. What is the most likely cause?

3. 3

   When troubleshooting a slow dependency call in a distributed trace, which Application Insights feature provides the most granular view of the execution timing?

4. 4

   Your team is implementing manual instrumentation for a custom background process that triggers an Azure Function. How can you ensure this process appears in the same trace as the downstream Azure Function?

5. 5

   You are debugging a distributed system where trace data is inconsistent. You find that some spans are missing due to high traffic volume. Which setting should you adjust to ensure comprehensive tracing at the cost of higher data ingestion?