DYNATRACE PROFESSIONAL STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS 2025/2026 ALL RATED A+
✔✔How frequently is consumption data exchange between Mission Control and
Managed Clusters? - ✔✔Once every hour
✔✔What consumption data do Managed Clusters send to Mission Control? - ✔✔Cluster
ID, consumption timeframe, each environment adds number of new problems, number
of RUM sessions, number of synthetic monitors, each host adds category, list of
monitored technologies, monitored timeframes, each synthetic monitor adds ID,
description, type, success count, failure count, action count
✔✔What consumption data does Mission Control send to Managed Clusters? -
✔✔Status, remaining RUM sessions, consumed RUM overage, host units overage,
remaining synthetic monitors, consumed synthetic monitors overage, for each
environment: id, consumed RUM sessions, consumed synthetic monitors, host units.
✔✔How frequently is heartbeat data exchanged between Managed Clusters and
Mission Control? - ✔✔Once every minute, or every 5 minutes if remote access is
disabled.
✔✔What heartbeat data do Managed Clusters send to Mission Control? - ✔✔Cluster ID,
node ID, source type (e.g. server)
✔✔What heartbeat data does Mission Control send to Managed clusters? - ✔✔Remote
UI request flag (true/false), websocket URLs
✔✔How frequently is update data exchanged between Managed Clusters and Mission
Control? - ✔✔Once every hour
✔✔What update data do Managed Clusters send to Mission Control? - ✔✔Nothing
✔✔What update data does Mission Control send to Managed Clusters? - ✔✔For cluster
updates: version, description, download URL. For ActiveGate updates: label, version,
download URLs.
✔✔Does Mission Control and Managed Clusters ever exchange host names or other
info that may compromise a cluster's security? - ✔✔No
✔✔When connecting managed cluster nodes to NFS, does Dynatrace recommend
NFSv4 or CIFS? - ✔✔Dynatrace recommends NFSv4, not CIFS.
✔✔Where does Dynatrace recommend backup files to be stored? - ✔✔Offsite location
, ✔✔How frequently is Cassandra data backed up in a managed cluster? - ✔✔Daily, not
incremental
✔✔Is Cassandra data that has been replicated between nodes deduplicated for
backups? - ✔✔No deduplication, duplicated data is backed up.
✔✔When backing up Cassandra data in a managed cluster, is most frequently changing
column families included in the backup? - ✔✔No
✔✔Does Dynatrace include 1 minute and 5 minute resolution data in Cassandra
backups on managed clusters? - ✔✔No, since Managed 1.166
✔✔How does Dynatrace back up Cassandra data in managed clusters? - ✔✔Dynatrace
backs up each node individually and keeps only the latest backup
✔✔How does Dynatrace back up Elasticsearch data in managed clusters? -
✔✔Dynatrace backs up entire cluster.
✔✔Does Dynatrace include duplicated data in Elasticsearch backups for managed
clusters? - ✔✔No
✔✔How frequently does Dynatrace perform Elasticsearch data backups for managed
clusters? - ✔✔Hourly, is incremental
✔✔When backing up Elasticsearch data in Dynatrace Managed clusters in a 1 or 2
node cluster, how many replicas per index does Dynatrace store? - ✔✔1 replica per
index
✔✔What is the payload limit for Dynatrace API? - ✔✔1 MB
✔✔How many Dynatrace API requests can be made per minute for a SaaS customer? -
✔✔50
✔✔How many Dynatrace API requests can be made per minute from a Synthetic
endpoint for a SaaS customer? - ✔✔1000
✔✔What response code is returned by Dynatrace API when the request limit has been
reached? - ✔✔429
✔✔How many Dynatrace API requests can be made per minute for a Managed
customer? - ✔✔No rate limit
AND ANSWERS 2025/2026 ALL RATED A+
✔✔How frequently is consumption data exchange between Mission Control and
Managed Clusters? - ✔✔Once every hour
✔✔What consumption data do Managed Clusters send to Mission Control? - ✔✔Cluster
ID, consumption timeframe, each environment adds number of new problems, number
of RUM sessions, number of synthetic monitors, each host adds category, list of
monitored technologies, monitored timeframes, each synthetic monitor adds ID,
description, type, success count, failure count, action count
✔✔What consumption data does Mission Control send to Managed Clusters? -
✔✔Status, remaining RUM sessions, consumed RUM overage, host units overage,
remaining synthetic monitors, consumed synthetic monitors overage, for each
environment: id, consumed RUM sessions, consumed synthetic monitors, host units.
✔✔How frequently is heartbeat data exchanged between Managed Clusters and
Mission Control? - ✔✔Once every minute, or every 5 minutes if remote access is
disabled.
✔✔What heartbeat data do Managed Clusters send to Mission Control? - ✔✔Cluster ID,
node ID, source type (e.g. server)
✔✔What heartbeat data does Mission Control send to Managed clusters? - ✔✔Remote
UI request flag (true/false), websocket URLs
✔✔How frequently is update data exchanged between Managed Clusters and Mission
Control? - ✔✔Once every hour
✔✔What update data do Managed Clusters send to Mission Control? - ✔✔Nothing
✔✔What update data does Mission Control send to Managed Clusters? - ✔✔For cluster
updates: version, description, download URL. For ActiveGate updates: label, version,
download URLs.
✔✔Does Mission Control and Managed Clusters ever exchange host names or other
info that may compromise a cluster's security? - ✔✔No
✔✔When connecting managed cluster nodes to NFS, does Dynatrace recommend
NFSv4 or CIFS? - ✔✔Dynatrace recommends NFSv4, not CIFS.
✔✔Where does Dynatrace recommend backup files to be stored? - ✔✔Offsite location
, ✔✔How frequently is Cassandra data backed up in a managed cluster? - ✔✔Daily, not
incremental
✔✔Is Cassandra data that has been replicated between nodes deduplicated for
backups? - ✔✔No deduplication, duplicated data is backed up.
✔✔When backing up Cassandra data in a managed cluster, is most frequently changing
column families included in the backup? - ✔✔No
✔✔Does Dynatrace include 1 minute and 5 minute resolution data in Cassandra
backups on managed clusters? - ✔✔No, since Managed 1.166
✔✔How does Dynatrace back up Cassandra data in managed clusters? - ✔✔Dynatrace
backs up each node individually and keeps only the latest backup
✔✔How does Dynatrace back up Elasticsearch data in managed clusters? -
✔✔Dynatrace backs up entire cluster.
✔✔Does Dynatrace include duplicated data in Elasticsearch backups for managed
clusters? - ✔✔No
✔✔How frequently does Dynatrace perform Elasticsearch data backups for managed
clusters? - ✔✔Hourly, is incremental
✔✔When backing up Elasticsearch data in Dynatrace Managed clusters in a 1 or 2
node cluster, how many replicas per index does Dynatrace store? - ✔✔1 replica per
index
✔✔What is the payload limit for Dynatrace API? - ✔✔1 MB
✔✔How many Dynatrace API requests can be made per minute for a SaaS customer? -
✔✔50
✔✔How many Dynatrace API requests can be made per minute from a Synthetic
endpoint for a SaaS customer? - ✔✔1000
✔✔What response code is returned by Dynatrace API when the request limit has been
reached? - ✔✔429
✔✔How many Dynatrace API requests can be made per minute for a Managed
customer? - ✔✔No rate limit
