ICA Advanced Scenarios Practice Question
Which component in Istio is responsible for collecting telemetry data and sending it to observability tools like Prometheus?
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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Telemetry
The Istio Telemetry component, often integrated into the sidecar and processed by the Istio control plane, handles data collection.
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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Envoy
Why it's wrong here
Envoy generates the raw metrics, but the telemetry infrastructure manages the collection.
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Telemetry
Why this is correct
The Telemetry resource in Istio manages metrics and tracing collection.
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Jaeger
Why it's wrong here
Jaeger is a storage and UI tool for traces, not the collector agent.
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Kiali
Why it's wrong here
Kiali is a visualization dashboard, not a data collector.
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