Google Cloud Professional Cloud DevOps Engineer — Question 42

You are managing an application that exposes an HTTP endpoint without using a load balancer. The latency of the HTTP responses is important for the user experience. You want to understand what HTTP latencies all of your users are experiencing. You use Stackdriver Monitoring. What should you do?

Answer options

• A. ג€¢ In your application, create a metric with a metricKind set to DELTA and a valueType set to DOUBLE. ג€¢ In Stackdriver's Metrics Explorer, use a Stacked Bar graph to visualize the metric.
• B. ג€¢ In your application, create a metric with a metricKind set to CUMULATIVE and a valueType set to DOUBLE. ג€¢ In Stackdriver's Metrics Explorer, use a Line graph to visualize the metric.
• C. ג€¢ In your application, create a metric with a metricKind set to GAUGE and a valueType set to DISTRIBUTION. ג€¢ In Stackdriver's Metrics Explorer, use a Heatmap graph to visualize the metric.
• D. ג€¢ In your application, create a metric with a metricKind set to METRIC_KIND_UNSPECIFIED and a valueType set to INT64. ג€¢ In Stackdriver's Metrics Explorer, use a Stacked Area graph to visualize the metric.

Correct answer: C

Explanation

The correct answer is C because using a metric with a metricKind of GAUGE and a valueType of DISTRIBUTION allows you to track the range of latencies effectively. This enables better visualization of user experiences through a Heatmap graph. The other options do not provide the appropriate metric kind or visualization method required to accurately assess HTTP latencies.