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The practice of monitoring system metrics, logs, and traces to ensure reliability is called ________.

  1. Device Posture
  2. Observability
  3. Deployment
  4. Classification

Answer: Observability

Observability enables understanding system internal state from external outputs: metrics (Prometheus), logs (ELK), traces (Jaeger). Goes beyond monitoring by enabling debugging of unknown issues. Critical for SRE practices and cloud operations questions in technical exams.

Topic DevOps & SRE
Exam Relevance SSC JE, Banking IT, Railway