ICA Resilience And Fault Injection Practice Question
An application is experiencing intermittent errors. You decide to use outlier detection to eject unhealthy pods. Which field in the DestinationRule controls the ejection of hosts after a certain number of 5xx errors?
Answer choices
Why each option matters
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Correct answer & explanation
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consecutive5xxErrors
The 'consecutive5xxErrors' field in the 'outlierDetection' section of a DestinationRule is used to eject unhealthy hosts.
Answer analysis
Option-by-option breakdown
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baseEjectionTime
Why it's wrong here
This determines how long a host is ejected.
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interval
Why it's wrong here
This defines the sweep interval for outlier detection.
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consecutive5xxErrors
Why this is correct
This is the correct field for triggering host ejection based on error counts.
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maxConnections
Why it's wrong here
This manages connection pool limits.
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Last reviewed August 2026 · checked against the official CNCF / Linux Foundation exam blueprint
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