KCNA Cloud Native Architecture Practice Question
Which TWO are benefits of using a service mesh? (Choose two.)
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Why each option matters
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Observability of service-to-service communication
Service mesh provides observability (e.g., metrics, tracing) and traffic management (e.g., routing, retries) between services.
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Observability of service-to-service communication
Why this is correct
Service mesh collects metrics and traces for inter-service calls.
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Automatic database scaling
Why it's wrong here
Service mesh does not manage databases.
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Traffic management (e.g., canary deployments)
Why this is correct
Service mesh enables fine-grained traffic routing.
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Container image building
Why it's wrong here
Image building is outside the scope of service mesh.
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Load balancing of external requests
Why it's wrong here
External load balancing is typically handled by an ingress or load balancer.
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