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How can you view custom metric data posted through the API in Datadog?

• Dashboards
• Events Stream
• Metrics Explorer
• Monitors

What format is used for request and response data in most Datadog API calls?

• XML
• CSV
• YAML
• JSON

Why do we mount host volumes when running the agent as a container?

• For backup/restore capabilities
• For shared data between containers
• For visibility into host processes/metrics
• For persistent storage

What functionality do dashboard managing API endpoints offer?

• Just creating
• None of the mentioned
• Creating, listing, updating, deleting
• Just listing

What can you use to programmatically create an alert based on a custom metric?

• Dashboards
• Tags
• Monitors
• Events

What information needs to be passed to authenticate with the Datadog API?

• API key only
• Application key only
• API url and application keys
• Username and password

What method is used to post custom metric data to Datadog?

• sendMetric()
• createMetric()
• Metric.create()
• Metric.send()

How are tags used with custom metrics submitted through the API?

• To differentiate metric data
• To authenticate
• To create metrics
• To post events

What platform does the Datadog agent NOT support?

• Windows
• Docker
• Solaris
• Linux

Where can the status and logs of the Datadog agent be checked?

• /var/log/datadog
• /var/opt/datadog
• /opt/datadog/status
• /etc/datadog-agent/status

What command line tool can be used to make API calls to DataDog API?

• Go
• Python pip
• cURL
• Java

What capabilities does the host API provide?

• Create hosts
• Delete hosts
• Update hosts
• View hosts, mute/unmute

Where are the main Datadog agent configuration files located on Linux?

• /opt/datadog
• /var/log/datadog
• /etc/datadog-agent
• /usr/share/datadog

What HTTP method would be used to create or modify a resource using the API?

• PUT
• DELETE
• GET
• POST

What term refers to the cloud-based Datadog backend?

• CaaS
• IaaS
• SaaS
• PaaS

Where can container metrics be viewed in the Datadog UI?

• Dashboards > Container
• Metrics > Docker
• Integrations > Docker
• Infrastructure > Containers

What Docker image is used to run the Datadog agent as a container?

• datadog/collector
• datadog/dogstatsd
• datadog/agent
• datadog/forwarder

What connectivity must be allowed for the Datadog agent?

• VPN access
• Outbound internet access
• SSH access
• Inbound connections

What endpoint could be used to mute host notifications using the DataDog API?

• /mute/host
• /host/notifications
• /host/mute
• /notify/mute

What process on the Datadog agent collects metrics from the host OS?

• Collector
• APM agent
• Forwarder
• DogStatsD

What tool helps deploy agents to multiple hosts in parallel?

• Ansible
• Terraform
• Kubernetes
• Packer

The agent process agent collects _ details

• Node
• Process
• Infrastructure
• Container

Why is the agent often deployed as a DaemonSet in Kubernetes?

• To monitor the control plane components
• To integrate with the kubelet
• To implement autoscaling
• To run the agent pod on every node

What header options need to be specified when making an API call with cURL?

• “Content-Type and authentication keys”
• Request URL
• Response format
• None of the above

Why is it a good idea to run the Datadog agent as a microservice?

• Better performance
• For easier maintenance/upgrades
• Better security
• Centralized management

What term refers to preinstalling the Datadog agent on system images?

• Containerization
• Orchestration
• Host provisioning
• Virtualization

What file must be updated to integrate the agent with Docker?

• docker_daemon.yaml
• docker.json
• docker.conf
• docker.yaml

What command adds the dd-agent user to the docker group for container monitoring?

• usermod -a -G docker dd-agent
• useradd dd-agent docker
• usermod -a dd-agent docker
• useradd -G docker dd-agent

What benefit does installing the agent as a container provide?

• Built-in orchestration
• Portability across environments
• Lower resource usage
• Higher performance

What config setting connects the agent to the Docker socket?

• socket_path: /var/run/docker.sock
• docker_host: unix:var/run/docker.sock** * docker_socket: /var/run/docker.sock * socket: /var/run/docker.sock