How Does Prometheus Gather Information About Monitored Hosts and Services

question 25

Multiple Choice

How does Prometheus gather information about monitored hosts and services?

• A) It implements the ICMP and SNMP protocols to ping and query remote services.
• B) It opens a webhook where monitored applications have to submit various metrics.
• C) It uses HTTP to retrieve JSON encoded metrics from the monitored objects.
• D) It queries a relational database for metrics written to the database by monitored applications.
• E) It runs scripts on the Prometheus server which perform tests and return various metrics.

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Definitions:

Predetermined Overhead Rate

An estimated overhead cost rate used to apply manufacturing overhead costs to products, based on expected activity levels.

Direct Labor-Hours

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Machine-Hours

A measure of production or work time, quantifying the number of hours a machine is operated in the production of goods.

Machining Department

A division within a manufacturing facility where machining processes such as cutting, shaping, or finishing materials into final products occur.