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IBM C1000-161 Exam Overview:
| Certification Vendor: | IBM |
| Exam Name: | IBM Instana V1.0.243 Administration |
| Exam Number: | C1000-161 |
| Available Languages: | English |
| Exam Price: | $200 USD |
| Passing Score: | 65%-68% |
| Exam Duration: | 90 minutes |
| Certificate Validity Period: | 3 years |
| Related Certifications: | IBM Cloud: Management and Platform |
| Exam Format: | Multiple Choice, Multiple Response |
| Real Exam Qty: | 60 |
| Recommended Training: | IBM Instana Administration Self-Paced Training IBM Instana Observability Documentation |
| Exam Registration: | Pearson VUE IBM Exam Registration IBM Certification Portal |
| Sample Questions: | IBM C1000-161 Sample Questions |
| Exam Way: | Online remote proctored or in-person at Pearson VUE authorized centers |
| Pre Condition: | No formal prerequisites; 6+ months hands-on experience with IBM Instana recommended |
| Official Syllabus URL: | https://www.ibm.com/training/certification |
IBM C1000-161 Exam Syllabus Topics:
| Section | Weight | Objectives |
|---|---|---|
| Topic 1: Alerts, Notifications and Operations | 15% | - Anomaly detection and AI insights - Health checks and maintenance - Notification channels and escalation - Alert rules and thresholds |
| Topic 2: Architecture and Installation | 20% | - SaaS vs on-premises deployment - Agent installation and configuration - Backend deployment on Kubernetes, OpenShift, VM - Instana architecture components |
| Topic 3: Configuration and Instrumentation | 25% | - Technology monitoring support - Custom metrics and events - Application and service instrumentation - Environment and service discovery |
| Topic 4: Monitoring, Dashboards and Observability | 25% | - Trace analysis and sampling - Dynamic Graph and service maps - Dashboard creation and customization - Service Level Objectives (SLOs) |
| Topic 5: Security, Integration and Troubleshooting | 15% | - User access control and authentication - License management - REST API and third-party integrations - Troubleshooting performance and data issues |
IBM Instana V1.0.243 Administration Sample Questions:
1. What should be your course of action when an agent's status indicates frequent disconnections?
A) Turn off all devices in the network to reset status indicators
B) Decorate the agent console to improve morale
C) Perform a detailed network and configuration analysis to identify the cause
D) Ignore the status since it's probably a temporary glitch
2. For creating application perspectives in Instana, which elements can be configured?
A) Perspective exclusivity to ensure no overlap between perspectives
B) Filtering services by their response times
C) Perspective based on geographical location
D) Grouping based on deployment environments
3. What is the recommended way to restart the agent in case of connectivity problems without data loss?
A) Restart the agent via systemd or SysVinit.
B) Reboot the host system.
C) Kill the monitoring process and start it manually.
D) Start a second instance of the monitor agent which will kill the first one.
4. When configuring SLOs in Instana, what is possible?
A) Setting up notifications for nearing SLO breach thresholds
B) Customizing SLOs for individual services or endpoints
C) SLO visualization on dashboards
D) Defining SLOs at a global level to apply to all entities
5. Which of the following settings can be configured for an Instana host agent?
A) Host agent's logging level
B) Data collection interval
C) Automatic pausing in low disk space scenarios
D) Agent's color in the UI
Solutions:
| Question # 1 Answer: C | Question # 2 Answer: A,C,D | Question # 3 Answer: A | Question # 4 Answer: A,B,C | Question # 5 Answer: A,B,C |
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