ICA Resilience And Fault Injection Practice Question
What is the consequence of having a timeout that is shorter than the average latency of the service?
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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Increased 504 Gateway Timeout errors.
If the timeout is too short, requests will be terminated prematurely, causing valid requests to fail.
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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Increased 504 Gateway Timeout errors.
Why this is correct
The proxy will cut off slow but otherwise healthy requests, returning 504.
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Faster response times.
Why it's wrong here
Response times will appear faster only because of failures.
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Increased throughput.
Why it's wrong here
Throughput will decrease due to errors.
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Automatic retries.
Why it's wrong here
Retries must be explicitly configured.
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Better connection pooling.
Why it's wrong here
Timeouts don't improve pooling.
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Last reviewed August 2026 · checked against the official CNCF / Linux Foundation exam blueprint
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