PCA Alerting And Dashboarding Practice Question
A team wants to visualize metrics from Prometheus in Grafana. What is the standard way to connect these two services?
Answer choices
Why each option matters
Answer the question above first, then reveal the full breakdown to understand why each option is right or wrong.
Correct answer & explanation
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Add a 'Prometheus' data source in Grafana
Grafana allows users to add Prometheus as a 'Data Source' by providing the URL of the Prometheus server.
Answer analysis
Option-by-option breakdown
For each option: why learners choose it and why it is or isn't the right answer here.
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Upload a JSON file to Prometheus
Why it's wrong here
Prometheus does not ingest Grafana dashboard JSONs to create data connections.
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Add a 'Prometheus' data source in Grafana
Why this is correct
Adding a data source is the native way Grafana queries Prometheus.
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Configure a Prometheus scrape job for Grafana
Why it's wrong here
Grafana does not expose a Prometheus-compatible metrics endpoint for scraping by default.
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Install the 'Grafana-exporter' in Prometheus
Why it's wrong here
There is no such standard exporter needed for basic connectivity.
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Last reviewed August 2026 · checked against the official CNCF / Linux Foundation exam blueprint
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