APM Level 1

1- An APM vendor that is on the top right of the Gartner Magic Quadrant requires having a suite
of product capabilities. What are some of those core required capabilities for APM? Select all
that apply.
Continuous code profiling
Service health measurements (Requests, Errors, and Duration)
Digital Experience Monitoring
Alerting
Logging
Distributed tracing

2- Who are the primary users of APM?

Business Analysts
SREs and DevOp Engineers
Technology Leaders and Executives (e.g. VP of Engineering, CTO, etc.)
Software Engineers (incl. App Developers)

3- Who are the secondary users of APM?

Business Analysts
SREs and DevOp Engineers
Technology Leaders and Executives (e.g. VP of Engineering, CTO, etc.)
Software Engineers (incl. App Developers)

4- Who is the typical buyer of APM?

O Business Analysts
SREs and DevOp Engineers
Technology Leaders and Executives (e.g. VP of Engineering, CTO, etc.)
Software Engineers (incl. App Developers)

RUM Level 0
 1- Select all the use cases that RUM is used for. Check all that apply
Identify frontend errors
Understand frontend performance
To proactively test frontend pages
By support teams to troubleshoot and resolve tickets

2- What is a user action in RUM?

An interaction (i.e. button click, scroll) by the user on a page
A request to the backend
When logs are emitted on the frontend

3- True or false, product Managers mainly use RUM products to troubleshoot and resolve
frontend incidents?
True
False

4- Select all that apply.

Synthetics proactively tests applications with bots, while RUM monitors real users
APM monitors the frontend of applications, while RUM handles backend traces
Logs are produced throughout the user journey -- both on the frontend and backend

RUM Level 1
1- Which of the following languages has enabled web pages to be dynamic, changing
elements on the page and reacting to a users on the websites?
HTML
css
Javascript
Java

2- Which competitor prices their RUM product based on page views? Check all that apply
NewRelic
Dynatrace
AppDynamics

3- Which of the following are qualities of Single Page Applications (SPAs)? Check all that apply
Javascript frameworks (Knockout.js, Angular.js etc.)
Resources (HTML+CSS+Scripts) are only loaded once throughout a user journey
They're leveraging calls to backend Java code
They increase page load times for users

RUM Level 2
1- True or false, customers can modify the sampling rate for Datadog RUM (0-100%)?
True
False

2- In the RUM explorer customers can: Check all that apply

Visualize resources loading through the waterfall chart
Build monitors
Write queries to get granular data
See correlated backend APM traces

3- Synthetics combined with RUM provides customers_____________

Frontend + Backend view
Proactive + Real-time view of front applications
The ability to correlate logs
Monitor Single Page Applications (SPAs) with ease

Synthetics Level 0
1- True or False: Synthetics takes a reactive approach to monitoring
True
False

2- True or False: Synthetics tells me the cause of latency

True
False

Synthetics Level 1
1- Who are our main synthetic monitoring competitors? Check all that apply
Splunk
SignalFx
AppDynamics
New Relic
Sumo Logic
Dynatrace

2- True or False: Datadog was ranked as a visionary in Gartner's magic quadrant for the software
test automation industry.
True
False

3- Which of the following are pain points of Selenium? Check all that apply
Upfront cost
Manual maintenance
Technical knowledge
Only works on Chrome
Rerporting capabalities

4- Which of the following are required capabilities of synthetic monitoring tools? Check all that
apply
Variety of locations
Role based access control
Mobile app monitoring
Running 1,000+ tests
Integrations with collaboration tolos

Synthetics Level 2
1- What are some other names for API tests? Check all that apply
Uptime checks
Transaction tests
Availability tests
SSL tests

2- True or False: After | spin up a private location, the synthetic worker lives on a Datadog-
managed host
True
False

3- True or False: After | spin up a private location, the synthetic worker lives on my own managed
host
True
False

4- Which of the following are capabilities of Datadog browser tests? Check all that apply
Code free
Import Selenium tests
Run API tests within browser tests

Log Management 0
1- Why do we need Logs?
Record details about a system
Record what happened and when it happened
Record errors and troubleshoot
Allof the above

2- “UserID 10028 edited Database Stage_1 at 19:00 on 2019-02-26"

True or False: The text above is is an example of an Event.
True
False

3- Select all that apply - the use cases of a Log Management solution are: Check all that apply
Collect and process all logs efficiently
Analyze logs and identify patterns
Provide an audit trail to verify accuracy and completeness
Search and query logs

4- Select all that apply - By correlating between infrastructure metrics, application

requests and the related logs, an effective log management solution can...Check all that apply
Facilitate faster troubleshooting
Increase MTTR (Mean Time To Resolution)
Eliminate context switching

5- An effective ___(1). needs to facilitate ____(2). and troubleshooting – you cannot focus on just log
management and create yet another __(3)___ from an observability standpoint
silo, log management solution, collaboration
log management solution, collaboration, silo
collaboration, log management solution, silo
silo, collaboration, log management solution

Log Management 1
1- TRUE? Select all that apply. Check all that apply
Splunk is more mature than the rest of the solutions
SaaS products such as Logz.io or SumoLogic are the least scalable
Splunk Cloud has the same scalability as Hosted ELK stack or Amazon's Elasticsearch service
On-prem solutions, both Purpose-built and Open source are not dominant in this existing Log
Management landscape

2- Match the following: Splunk

IT Security
IT Operations and IT Security
IT Operations

3- Match the following: ELK stack

IT Security
IT Operations and IT Security
IT Operations

4- Match the following: Exabeam

IT Security
IT Operations and IT Security
IT Operations

5- Fill in the blanks below with one of the following options:

Archiving and Cold Storage
Alerting
Collection
Indexing
Core capabilities common to both uses:Log __Collection__: Collect and transport logs
from a variety of sources.Log Processing: Process and work with any type of logs.
__Indexing__: Allow users to find and retrieve information quickly. Analysis: Analyze logs and event streams with
dashboards or reports. __ Alerting__: Notify users based on errors or anomalies in log data. __ Archiving and Cold
Storage__: Long-term storage for audit and compliance.

6- Match the following buyer persona with the associated need or pain point:
SOFTWARE ENGINEERING TEAMS
NEED: Meet SLAs for response times
NEED: Debugging code issues
PAIN: Inability to detect an attack early enough
NEED: Diaanose outaaes and resolve performance problems

7- Match the following buyer persona with the associated need or pain point:
TECHNICAL SUPPORT TEAMS
NEED: Meet SLAs for response times
NEED: Debugging code issues
PAIN: Inability to detect an attack early enough
NEED: Diaanose outaaes and resolve performance problems

8- Match the following buyer persona with the associated need or pain point:
OPERATION TEAMS
NEED: Meet SLAs for response times
NEED: Debugging code issues
PAIN: Inability to detect an attack early enough
NEED: Diagnose outages and resolve performance problems

9- Match the following buyer persona with the associated need or pain point:
SECURITY TEAMS
NEED: Meet SLAs for response times
NEED: Debugging code issues
PAIN: Inability to detect an attack early enough
NEED: Diaanose outaaes and resolve performance problems

10- Log Management has two distinct uses. Which of the following statements are TRUE. Select all
that apply. Check all that apply
Core capabilities for both the uses are not the same |
The source log data is different for IT Security and IT Operations
Some vendors fulfill the needs of both sets of users - Security and Operations

NPM Level 0
1- Network Monitoring Types
A prospect is mostly on-premise, but migrating to the cloud. You've spoken to a Network Engineer who
has
Network Performance Monitoring / NPM / Flow Monitoring
SNMP / Device Monitoring

2- Pain Points
A prospect recently migrated to AWS, and might be an opportunity for NPM / Flow Monitoring. Which
pain. Check all that apply
Expensive AWS bills caused by cross-availability-zone traffic
Network data is taking up too much room to store
Network data is hard to access and isn't unified with the rest of monitoring
Finger-pointing between teams when the network fails

3- Match the persona with the product that would be the best fit for the role:
Network Engineer, runs on-premise Network Operations Center (NOC)
Not the primary target, but could use SNMP.
Good fit for SNMP / Device Monitoring
NPM/ Flow Monitoring

4- Match the persona with the product that would be the best fit for the role:
IT Systems Admin, maintains Wi-Fi, local storage, printers, etc for office
Not the primary target, but could use SNMP.
Good fit for SNMP / Device Monitoring
NPM/ Flow Monitoring

5- Match the persona with the product that would be the best fit for the role:
DevOps Engineer, maintains the app backend for a cloud-native company
Not the primary target, but could use SNMP.
Good fit for SNMP / Device Monitoring
NPM/ Flow Monitoring

6- Which use case is primarily associated with SNMP / Device / Application Monitoring,
and not NPM / Flow Monitoring?
Network Saturation and Slowdowns
Checking Connections
Managing Third-Party Plugins and Services
Measuring Health of Physical Devices

7- Business Case
A prospect is considering buying NPM - what impacts might you expect this to have on their business?
(Check all that apply)
Reduced AWS bill: because they can reduce expensive cross-availability zone traffic
Reduced maintenance time, because network tests are self-maintaining
Better collaboration between teams, because they will unify network monitoring with metrics, traces, logs, etc.
Reduced time to troubleshoot, because they will be able to slice-and-dice network traffic with tags

8- Use Cases
Match the use case name with the description (each will only be used once):
Network Saturations and Slowdowns
Checking CPU, Memory, Temp, etc. for switches and routers
Seeing if one device or service is talking to another
Finding the reason traffic is straining total capacity
Reduce costs or prove the fault of an external service

9- Use Cases
Match the use case name with the description (each will only be used once):
Checking Connections
Finding the reason traffic is straining total capacity
Checking CPU, Memory, Temp, etc. for switches and routers
Reduce costs or prove the fault of an external service
Seeing if one device or service is talking to another

10- Use Cases

Match the use case name with the description (each will only be used once):
Managing Third-Party Plugins and Services
Seeing if one device or service is talking to another
Reduce costs or prove the fault of an external service
Good fit for SNMP / Device Monitoring
Checking CPU, Memory, Temp, etc. for switches and routersMeasuring Health of Physical Devices

11- Use Cases

Match the use case name with the description (each will only be used once):
Measuring Health of Physical Devices
Finding the reason traffic is straining total capacity
Seeing if one device or service is talking to another
Checking CPU, Memory, Temp, etc. for switches and routers
Reduce costs or prove the fault of an external service

NPM Level 2
1- Which network product lets you search and analyze network flows?
Network Performance Monitoring
Network Device Monitoring

2- Which network product measures the health and performance of on-premise hardware?
Network Performance Monitoring
Network Device Monitoring

3- Which of these teams or users is NOT part of the Datadog pitch/story for Network Monitoring?
DevOps teams who need visibility into Kubernetes, third-party APIs, cloud providers or modern microservices
Teams who have hybrid environments and don't want to lose visibility into their on-premise devices with the tools they
use for their cloud monitoring
DevOps engineers, network engineers/NOCs, and cloud engineers who need additional data from their application's
network

4- Select the statement that is true.

The Datadog Agent is the only method for collecting logs from a web browser
Users can collect logs and complete their setup within minutes, since Datadog has a guided step-by-step onboarding
Users do not have full control over how their log pipelines are processed

5- Which of the following statements are true? Select all that apply. Check all that apply
All ingested logs are visible in the Log Explorer, at all times
Only indexed logs are visible and can be analyzed in the Log Explorer
Users can filter logs easily using both tags and facets
Users can filter logs easily only using tags

6- Why do users prefer Datadog for Log Management? Select all that apply. Check all that apply
Designed for ease of use
Seamless correlation and troubleshooting across all 3 pillars, metrics traces and logs
Machine learning apps and add-ons that facilitate análisis
Superior performance at Enterprise scale
Query language that works for power users and beginners
Logging without Limits
 7- Select the statements that are true. Select all that apply. Check all that apply
Parsing at query time slows down analysis
A query language has no impact on adoption or complexity
A complex query language facilitates analysis but leads to poor user adoption
Parsing at the time of ingestion slows down performance while analyzing logs