PCA Observability Concepts Practice Question
Which TWO are true about Prometheus alerting rules?
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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They use PromQL expressions for evaluation.
Alerts are evaluated on the server, and they use PromQL for condition checking.
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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They use PromQL expressions for evaluation.
Why this is correct
Rules are PromQL expressions.
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They are evaluated by the Prometheus server.
Why this is correct
The server engine runs them.
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They always trigger a system restart.
Why it's wrong here
They never trigger a restart.
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They are sent to the exporter.
Why it's wrong here
They are sent to Alertmanager.
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They require a separate database.
Why it's wrong here
They use the local TSDB.
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