Question 1
What is 'alert fatigue' in the context of SRE?
Correct Answer:
A state where on-call engineers become desensitized to alerts due to excessive or low-quality notifications
Question 2
Which alerting philosophy does Google SRE recommend as a best practice for page-worthy alerts?
Correct Answer:
Alert on symptoms that directly indicate user-visible impact
Question 3
What is a 'dead man's switch' (watchdog) alert in SRE monitoring?
Correct Answer:
An alert that fires when it STOPS receiving expected periodic signals from a system
Question 4
In SRE alerting, what does 'precision' of an alert measure?
Correct Answer:
The proportion of alert firings that correspond to actual incidents requiring action
Question 5
What is the primary distinction between a 'page' alert and a 'ticket' alert in SRE practice?
Correct Answer:
Page alerts require immediate human action; ticket alerts can be addressed during business hours
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