DYNATRACE PROFESSIONAL
CERTIFICATION WRITTEN EXAM
2025/2026 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
100% PASS
What are the 4 parts included in the plugin.json definition for ActiveGate plugins? -
ANS Metadata, UI, Metrics, Configuration
How are ActiveGate plugins licensed? - ANS The plugin SDK is free. Dynatrace partners can
develop plugin for you, will depend on contract. Whatever custom metrics are used will be
charged.
How frequently do ActiveGate plugins execute? - ANS Once per minute
Can you run multiple endpoints in a single ActiveGate plugin module? - ANS Yes
What kind of ActiveGate executes ActiveGate plugins? - ANS Environment ActiveGate
Can you execute ActiveGate plugins using an Environment ActiveGate that's configured for
multi-environment support? - ANS No
Where can you view results from plugin-monitoring? - ANS Technology overview page
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,What is a "device group"? - ANS A technology tile that derives its data from an ActiveGate
plugin.
Why would you set up "key metrics" for an ActiveGate plugin? - ANS Define important
metrics to be displayed in technology overview page.
What is the favicon property in the plugins.json definition? - ANS Allows you to define your
own custom icon for device groups!
What can device groups represent? - ANS Clusters, regions, groups of servers, etc.
What is a custom device group entity? - ANS Bind metrics and properties to monitor device
group metrics
How do you define the type and look of charts of ActiveGate plugins? - ANS plugin.json
What is pgmetrics in plugins.json for ActiveGate plugins? - ANS Section that allows you to
define custom device metrics.
Does Dynatrace AI baseline the metrics of your custom devices? - ANS Yes!
How does Dynatrace create problems from custom devices (ActiveGate plugin)? - ANS Metric
threshold violation in JSON definition. (Automatically sends events, not problems)
How do you manually generate problems for your ActiveGate plugins? - ANS Python API -
raise performance, availability, error, and resource contention problems
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, Does Dynatrace automatically distribute plugins between Dynatrace server and ActiveGates? -
ANS No, you need to deploy them on ActiveGate and upload them to server.
In general, what is the point of plugins.json (ActiveGate plugins)? - ANS Define how data is
presented in the Dynatrace UI.
In general, what is the point of Python files for ActiveGate plugins? - ANS Define additional
events, create custom properties.
How many Cluster Management Consoles are there per cluster? - ANS One per cluster.
What is each managed cluster associated with? - ANS One or more nodes (with Dynatrace
server instances), one or more monitored environments (with OneAgent), one cluster
management console.
What are the components included in the Dynatrace Managed installer? - ANS Dynatrace
Server, Cassandra, Elasticsearch, Embedded ActiveGate, NGINX
What can you do with CMC? - ANS Create user accounts and groups, add new cluster nodes,
add new monitoring environments.
How many nodes does Dynatrace recommend per cluster? - ANS At least 3 - data is replicated
across nodes
What percentage of managed cluster nodes does Dynatrace need to be running? -
ANS Majority (50%+)
3 @COPYRIGHT 2025/2026 ALLRIGHTS RESERVED.
CERTIFICATION WRITTEN EXAM
2025/2026 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
100% PASS
What are the 4 parts included in the plugin.json definition for ActiveGate plugins? -
ANS Metadata, UI, Metrics, Configuration
How are ActiveGate plugins licensed? - ANS The plugin SDK is free. Dynatrace partners can
develop plugin for you, will depend on contract. Whatever custom metrics are used will be
charged.
How frequently do ActiveGate plugins execute? - ANS Once per minute
Can you run multiple endpoints in a single ActiveGate plugin module? - ANS Yes
What kind of ActiveGate executes ActiveGate plugins? - ANS Environment ActiveGate
Can you execute ActiveGate plugins using an Environment ActiveGate that's configured for
multi-environment support? - ANS No
Where can you view results from plugin-monitoring? - ANS Technology overview page
1 @COPYRIGHT 2025/2026 ALLRIGHTS RESERVED.
,What is a "device group"? - ANS A technology tile that derives its data from an ActiveGate
plugin.
Why would you set up "key metrics" for an ActiveGate plugin? - ANS Define important
metrics to be displayed in technology overview page.
What is the favicon property in the plugins.json definition? - ANS Allows you to define your
own custom icon for device groups!
What can device groups represent? - ANS Clusters, regions, groups of servers, etc.
What is a custom device group entity? - ANS Bind metrics and properties to monitor device
group metrics
How do you define the type and look of charts of ActiveGate plugins? - ANS plugin.json
What is pgmetrics in plugins.json for ActiveGate plugins? - ANS Section that allows you to
define custom device metrics.
Does Dynatrace AI baseline the metrics of your custom devices? - ANS Yes!
How does Dynatrace create problems from custom devices (ActiveGate plugin)? - ANS Metric
threshold violation in JSON definition. (Automatically sends events, not problems)
How do you manually generate problems for your ActiveGate plugins? - ANS Python API -
raise performance, availability, error, and resource contention problems
2 @COPYRIGHT 2025/2026 ALLRIGHTS RESERVED.
, Does Dynatrace automatically distribute plugins between Dynatrace server and ActiveGates? -
ANS No, you need to deploy them on ActiveGate and upload them to server.
In general, what is the point of plugins.json (ActiveGate plugins)? - ANS Define how data is
presented in the Dynatrace UI.
In general, what is the point of Python files for ActiveGate plugins? - ANS Define additional
events, create custom properties.
How many Cluster Management Consoles are there per cluster? - ANS One per cluster.
What is each managed cluster associated with? - ANS One or more nodes (with Dynatrace
server instances), one or more monitored environments (with OneAgent), one cluster
management console.
What are the components included in the Dynatrace Managed installer? - ANS Dynatrace
Server, Cassandra, Elasticsearch, Embedded ActiveGate, NGINX
What can you do with CMC? - ANS Create user accounts and groups, add new cluster nodes,
add new monitoring environments.
How many nodes does Dynatrace recommend per cluster? - ANS At least 3 - data is replicated
across nodes
What percentage of managed cluster nodes does Dynatrace need to be running? -
ANS Majority (50%+)
3 @COPYRIGHT 2025/2026 ALLRIGHTS RESERVED.
