5 collocation exercises on monitoring operations verbs.
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The SRE will ___ an alert that fires when error rates exceed two per cent.
To configure an alert means to define the conditions and routing for a monitoring alert. Configure is the precise term, behind "alert configuration." Set up out, build over, and make are informal or imprecise. SREs "configure an alert on the error rate," so configure an alert is the correct collocation.
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The team will ___ a threshold of 80 per cent so the alert fires before the disk fills.
To set a threshold means to define the value at which an alert triggers. Set is the standard term, behind "alert threshold." Put up, place out, and lay are not idiomatic. Engineers "set a threshold at 80 per cent," so set a threshold is the correct collocation.
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When paged, the on-call engineer will ___ the incident to signal that they are investigating.
To acknowledge an incident (or "ack" it) means to confirm receipt of an alert and that someone is responding. Acknowledge is the precise term, behind "ack the page." Admit, confirm up, and accept out are informal or imprecise. On-call engineers "acknowledge the incident in PagerDuty," so acknowledge the incident is the correct collocation.
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During planned maintenance, the team will ___ the alarm so it does not page unnecessarily.
To silence an alarm means to temporarily suppress it without disabling the rule. Silence is the precise term, behind "alert silencing" and "maintenance window." Quiet up, mute out, and hush are informal or non-idiomatic. Teams "silence the alarm during maintenance," so silence the alarm is the correct collocation.
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To reduce noise, the team will ___ the alerting rule so it only fires on sustained breaches.
To tune the rule means to refine alerting logic to reduce false positives and noise. Tune is the precise term, behind "alert tuning" and "tuning thresholds." Fix up, adjust over, and set right are informal. SREs "tune the alerting rules to cut noise," so tune the rule is the correct collocation.