DYNATRACE PRO MAIN EXAMINATION TEST QUESTIONS
AND SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔What is VM ready time? What is an acceptable upper threshold? - - ✔✔Percentage
of time that a VM is ready but can't be scheduled to run on a physical CPU.
10%
✔✔How does Dynatrace gather data from VMWare? - - ✔✔1. ActiveGate retrieves data
from VMWare platform
2. Performance data is sent to the ActiveGate
3. Data from vCenter sent to Dynatrace for analysis
✔✔What are the two forms of authentication for connecting AWS instances to
Dynatrace? - - ✔✔Key-based and roll-based authentication
✔✔How often does Dynatrace make calls to AWS CloudWatch API? - - ✔✔Every 5
minutes
✔✔What is the going rate of polling the CloudWatch API - - ✔✔$0.01 per 1k metric
requests
✔✔What are the six event types used in Dynatrace? - - ✔✔Availability, Error,
Slowdown, Resource, Custom, Info
✔✔What kind of applications support JMX plugins? - - ✔✔Any one built using Java that
is monitored by OneAgent
✔✔How are new metrics gathered from a JMX plugin? - - ✔✔Through an exposed
MBean
✔✔What three prerequisites must be met to deploy an ActiveGate extension? - - ✔✔1.
Environment AG v. 1.175+
2. Dynatrace v. 1.176+
3. Monitoring admin access
✔✔How is an ActiveGate extension deployed? - - ✔✔Uploaded to both the Dynatrace
Server and the ActiveGate
✔✔How can you deploy an ActiveGate extension via command-line? - - ✔✔With the
Extension SDK installed on the ActiveGate host, the build_plugin command can be
issued using the Dynatrace Server URL and custom extension API token.
✔✔What three prerequisites must be met to deploy a OneAgent extension? - - ✔✔1.
Dynatrace v. 1.189+
, 2. OneAgent v. 1.189+
3. Monitoring admin access
✔✔How is a OneAgent extension deployed? - - ✔✔Uploaded to both the Dynatrace
Cluster and to the OneAgent monitored host
✔✔How can you deploy a OneAgent extension via command-line? - - ✔✔With the
Extension SDK and extension file on the OneAgent monitored host, the build_plugin
command can be issued using the Dynatrace Server URL and custom extension API
token.
✔✔What version of Python does the Extension SDK use? - - ✔✔Python v. 3.6
✔✔How can database requests be analyzed through Method Hotspots? (Hint - there's
4) - - ✔✔Average execution time, percentage of calls, number of invocations, and
contribution time
✔✔User Action and Session Properties can be used with what type of RUM
application? - - ✔✔Web Applications only
✔✔How can User Action and Session Properties be defined? (Hint - there's 5) - - ✔✔1.
JS Variable
2. JS API
3. Cookie value
4. Metadata
5. CSS selector
✔✔What datatypes are supported for User Action and Session Properties? - -
✔✔String, Date (JS API), Number (Double or Long)
✔✔What is the limit on the number of User Action Properties per application?
Additionally, what is the limit on string values? - ✔✔How can additional properties be
licensed? -
20; Breakdown:
String - 10 props, 100 chars before clean-up
Number - 5 props
Date - 5 props
✔✔What are the access limits for the Dynatrace API on SaaS? - - ✔✔Throttling at 50
requests / min
Payload size of 1 MB
✔✔What are PaaS tokens used for? - - ✔✔Downloading OneAgent and ActiveGate
installers
AND SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔What is VM ready time? What is an acceptable upper threshold? - - ✔✔Percentage
of time that a VM is ready but can't be scheduled to run on a physical CPU.
10%
✔✔How does Dynatrace gather data from VMWare? - - ✔✔1. ActiveGate retrieves data
from VMWare platform
2. Performance data is sent to the ActiveGate
3. Data from vCenter sent to Dynatrace for analysis
✔✔What are the two forms of authentication for connecting AWS instances to
Dynatrace? - - ✔✔Key-based and roll-based authentication
✔✔How often does Dynatrace make calls to AWS CloudWatch API? - - ✔✔Every 5
minutes
✔✔What is the going rate of polling the CloudWatch API - - ✔✔$0.01 per 1k metric
requests
✔✔What are the six event types used in Dynatrace? - - ✔✔Availability, Error,
Slowdown, Resource, Custom, Info
✔✔What kind of applications support JMX plugins? - - ✔✔Any one built using Java that
is monitored by OneAgent
✔✔How are new metrics gathered from a JMX plugin? - - ✔✔Through an exposed
MBean
✔✔What three prerequisites must be met to deploy an ActiveGate extension? - - ✔✔1.
Environment AG v. 1.175+
2. Dynatrace v. 1.176+
3. Monitoring admin access
✔✔How is an ActiveGate extension deployed? - - ✔✔Uploaded to both the Dynatrace
Server and the ActiveGate
✔✔How can you deploy an ActiveGate extension via command-line? - - ✔✔With the
Extension SDK installed on the ActiveGate host, the build_plugin command can be
issued using the Dynatrace Server URL and custom extension API token.
✔✔What three prerequisites must be met to deploy a OneAgent extension? - - ✔✔1.
Dynatrace v. 1.189+
, 2. OneAgent v. 1.189+
3. Monitoring admin access
✔✔How is a OneAgent extension deployed? - - ✔✔Uploaded to both the Dynatrace
Cluster and to the OneAgent monitored host
✔✔How can you deploy a OneAgent extension via command-line? - - ✔✔With the
Extension SDK and extension file on the OneAgent monitored host, the build_plugin
command can be issued using the Dynatrace Server URL and custom extension API
token.
✔✔What version of Python does the Extension SDK use? - - ✔✔Python v. 3.6
✔✔How can database requests be analyzed through Method Hotspots? (Hint - there's
4) - - ✔✔Average execution time, percentage of calls, number of invocations, and
contribution time
✔✔User Action and Session Properties can be used with what type of RUM
application? - - ✔✔Web Applications only
✔✔How can User Action and Session Properties be defined? (Hint - there's 5) - - ✔✔1.
JS Variable
2. JS API
3. Cookie value
4. Metadata
5. CSS selector
✔✔What datatypes are supported for User Action and Session Properties? - -
✔✔String, Date (JS API), Number (Double or Long)
✔✔What is the limit on the number of User Action Properties per application?
Additionally, what is the limit on string values? - ✔✔How can additional properties be
licensed? -
20; Breakdown:
String - 10 props, 100 chars before clean-up
Number - 5 props
Date - 5 props
✔✔What are the access limits for the Dynatrace API on SaaS? - - ✔✔Throttling at 50
requests / min
Payload size of 1 MB
✔✔What are PaaS tokens used for? - - ✔✔Downloading OneAgent and ActiveGate
installers
