Consul 1.15 Key Value Store Practice Question
Which TWO of the following are true regarding the behavior of the Consul KV store?
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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Stale reads allow for reading from non-leader nodes
KV values are stored as base64 encoded strings in the API, and they are eventually consistent for stale reads.
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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Keys can only contain alphanumeric characters
Why it's wrong here
Keys can contain most characters.
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All KV writes are synchronous across all nodes
Why it's wrong here
Writes are synchronous across a quorum, not necessarily all nodes.
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The KV store is limited to 1GB of data
Why it's wrong here
There is no hard 1GB limit, but performance degrades with size.
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Stale reads allow for reading from non-leader nodes
Why this is correct
Stale consistency mode permits non-leader reads.
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Values are stored as base64-encoded strings in the API response
Why this is correct
The API returns values as base64.
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