Splunk SOAR Certified Automation Developer — Question 55

Helga has a web service that depends on the database service to provide her website. She configures the database's "Heartbeat" KPI to be a dependency in the web service. When viewing the services in the Service Analyzer tree-view she sees a dotted line between the database service and the web service.

What is the meaning of the dotted line and how can Helga fix it?

Answer options

• A. The "Heartbeat" KPI is not currently affecting the web service health score. Helga needs to make sure the Heartbeat KPI importance value is set to 0.
• B. There is a cyclic dependency between the two services. Helga needs to add additional dependencies to change the dotted line to a solid line.
• C. There is a cyclic dependency between the two services. Helga needs to make sure that database service doesn't have any erroneous dependencies.
• D. The "Heartbeat" KPI is not currently affecting the web service health score. Helga needs to make sure the web service KPIs' importance are all set to 11.

Correct answer: C

Explanation

The correct answer is C because it identifies that a cyclic dependency exists, and resolving it requires Helga to check for erroneous dependencies within the database service. Options A and D incorrectly point to the Heartbeat KPI's importance, which does not resolve the cyclic dependency issue. Option B suggests adding dependencies, which is not the appropriate solution for a cyclic dependency scenario.