KCNA Cloud Native Observability Practice Question
A company uses OpenTelemetry to instrument their microservices. They want to ensure that traces from one service can be correlated with those from another service across network calls. Which OpenTelemetry concept enables this correlation?
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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Context propagation
Context propagation allows trace context to be passed between services, enabling distributed tracing correlation.
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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Exporter configuration
Why it's wrong here
Exporters send data to backends, but do not correlate across services.
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Span attributes
Why it's wrong here
Span attributes provide metadata but do not propagate context.
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Context propagation
Why this is correct
Context propagation carries trace IDs and other context across service boundaries.
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Sampling
Why it's wrong here
Sampling controls which traces are recorded, not correlation.
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