KCNA Cloud Native Observability Practice Question
What is context propagation in distributed tracing?
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Why each option matters
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Carrying trace context (trace ID, span ID) across services
Context propagation carries trace context across service boundaries to connect spans into a single trace.
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Sampling traces to reduce data volume
Why it's wrong here
Sampling is a separate technique.
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Visualizing traces in a user interface
Why it's wrong here
That is visualization.
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Carrying trace context (trace ID, span ID) across services
Why this is correct
Context propagation passes metadata to correlate spans.
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Storing trace data in a centralized database
Why it's wrong here
That is storage, not propagation.
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