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Datadog APM & Distributed Tracing Vocabulary

This set builds vocabulary for application performance monitoring and distributed tracing concepts.

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At standup, a dev references the tool tracking how a single request flows through multiple services, measuring latency at each hop. What is this capability called?

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During a design review, the team wants to see which specific service in a request's path contributed the most latency. Which concept supports this?

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In a code review, a dev sets up an alert that fires when a service's error rate crosses a defined threshold over a rolling window. What is this called?

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An incident report shows a slow request was hard to diagnose because instrumentation was missing from one internal service in its path. What gap does this reveal?

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During a PR review, a teammate asks how distributed tracing differs from simply aggregating each service's individual latency metrics separately. What is the distinction?

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This exercise tests real IT vocabulary related to datadog apm & distributed tracing vocabulary through 5 multiple-choice questions, each built from realistic workplace sentences rather than abstract definitions.

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