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How to approach select two (multi-select) questions

Multi-select questions tell you to 'Choose TWO' or 'Choose THREE'. Getting partial credit is not a thing — you must select all correct answers with no incorrect ones. The stem always states how many to choose, so trust it. These questions require precision, not best-guess elimination.

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Practice scenarios

Question 1hardmulti select
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Which THREE fields in an AuthorizationPolicy are evaluated under the 'rules' section?

Question 2hardmulti select
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Which THREE of the following are valid ways to control egress traffic in Istio?

Question 3mediummulti select
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Which TWO actions can be taken via the 'istioctl' command to debug mesh health?

Question 4hardmulti select
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Which THREE items are required to configure mTLS for an external service that is being added to the mesh?

Question 5easymulti select
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Which TWO are common causes for a service to be ejected by Outlier Detection?

Question 6hardmulti select
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Which THREE actions occur when 'mode: STRICT' is set in a PeerAuthentication policy?

Question 7easymulti select
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Which THREE commands can be used to manage or inspect the Istio mesh configuration?

Question 8hardmulti select
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Which THREE configuration areas are essential for ensuring observability in a complex Istio mesh?

Question 9mediummulti select
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When configuring a Gateway API resource, which TWO properties are defined within the 'listeners' block?

Question 10mediummulti select
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When using Kiali to debug service communication, which TWO metrics are most useful for identifying performance bottlenecks?

Question 11mediummulti select
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Which THREE items can you configure in a VirtualService to improve resilience?

Question 12hardmulti select
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When designing for high availability in a multi-cluster Istio mesh, which THREE strategies are recommended?

Question 13hardmulti select
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Which THREE components are critical for establishing a secure multi-cluster 'primary-remote' configuration?

Question 14hardmulti select
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Which THREE features does the Kubernetes Gateway API offer that are significantly different from legacy Ingress?

Question 15hardmulti select
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Which TWO options are required to properly implement an abort fault injection in a VirtualService?

Question 16mediummulti select
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Which TWO of the following are true regarding PeerAuthentication policies?

Question 17hardmulti select
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Which THREE settings are part of the 'connectionPool' configuration in a DestinationRule?

Question 18mediummulti select
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Which TWO settings in a DestinationRule are used for load balancing?

Question 19easymulti select
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Which TWO of the following are valid HTTP fault injection delay settings?

Question 20mediummulti select
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Which TWO pieces of information are displayed in the Kiali 'Graph' view?

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