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Fill in: 'A slow consumer can ___ backpressure all the way up the pipeline.'
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We 'create backpressure' — the standard collocation for a slow stage causing upstream buildup. The other options aren't idiomatic here.
2 / 5
Fill in: 'We ___ the queue depth to detect a growing backlog early.'
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We 'monitor queue depth' — the standard collocation for tracking backlog size. The other options aren't idiomatic here.
3 / 5
Fill in: 'We ___ producers when the queue crosses a high-water mark.'
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We 'throttle producers' — the standard collocation for slowing incoming work under pressure. The other options are less idiomatic here.
4 / 5
Fill in: 'We ___ additional consumers to drain the queue faster during spikes.'
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We 'scale up' consumers — the standard collocation for adding capacity. The other options aren't idiomatic here.
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Fill in: 'We ___ messages to dead-letter storage once retries are exhausted.'
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We 'route messages' — the standard collocation for directing them to a destination. The other options are less idiomatic here.