M3.8 module quiz
Ten questions. 80% to pass (8 of 10). Open book, unlimited retakes.
Answers are collapsed under each question. Answer first, then check.
Q1
Cost Flow offers how many preconfigured layouts?
A. Four
B. Six
C. Five
D. Unlimited, fully custom
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Correct: B. Each cascades spend through four columns, defaulting to provider, account, type and team. Switching layout clears any active drill-down.
Q2
The Sankey’s filter surface is:
A. A separate filter panel sitting alongside the diagram at the top of the page
B. The global resource filter at the page top
C. URL parameters only, edited by hand
D. The diagram itself: clicking a node or link narrows and writes a breadcrumb
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Correct: D. The breadcrumb above the chart shows the drill path, and each step backs out one column. The filter UI exists as a fallback, and most users find they prefer the drill.
Q3
Trend and Flow answer:
A. The same question asked at two different levels of granularity
B. “How did it change over time” versus “how does it cascade right now”
C. Cost and savings respectively, on the same axis
D. Actual and forecast respectively, over one period
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Correct: B. They are a complementary pair, which is why a cost-review meeting typically uses both in sequence rather than choosing one.
Q4
The savings overlay hides its callout on some dimensions because:
A. Those dimensions carry no savings, so a filter on them returns nothing at all
B. Of a performance limit on the recommendations query at that cardinality
C. Those dimensions are team-scoped, so any drill-through from a callout would leak data across team boundaries
D. Recommendations can only be filtered on some dimensions, so a callout elsewhere could not deep-link to anything actionable
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Correct: D. Showing a number the user cannot act on would tease rather than inform, which is why the overlay is dimension-aware rather than always-on.
Q5
All view state lives in:
A. The URL
B. Local storage
C. The user’s profile
D. A saved view record
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Correct: A. Layout, drill chain, overlays and date range all round-trip, so a pasted link reproduces the exact view. That is what makes the Sankey shareable in a review.
Q6
The fixed layout set exists rather than fully custom ordering because:
A. Custom column ordering is technically hard to render
B. Custom layouts are reserved for a paid plan tier
C. Users learn six layouts once and they apply across the org
D. The data model forbids reordering the columns
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Correct: C. A per-user custom layout would have to be re-learned every time someone shared a link, which defeats the shareability the URL state provides.
Q7
The unattributed-teams overlay highlights:
A. Spend with no team owner
B. Resources with no tags
C. Deleted teams
D. Cross-team shared resources
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Correct: A. Combining it with the savings overlay is the diagnostic pairing: un-owned spend that is also reclaimable is the most actionable quadrant.
Q8
Cost Flow breakdowns are served:
A. From a nightly projection
B. From the billing export directly
C. From a cached snapshot
D. Live from cost records
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Correct: D. The projection was retired, so the UI shows a live-data hint rather than a relative timestamp. Reads ride a dedicated index for sub-second grouping over typical windows.
Q9
Drill-down depth is:
A. One level only
B. Unlimited levels
C. Three levels
D. Two levels only
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Correct: C. Deep enough to reach a specific cause, bounded enough that the breadcrumb stays readable and the back-out path stays obvious.
Q10
When the Sankey and the Teams report disagree on a total, the cause is usually:
A. A caching bug in the report layer
B. The unattributed residual, which org totals include and showback views do not
C. Different date ranges applied to each of the two views being compared
D. Currency conversion applied only once
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Correct: B. Both numbers are correct for their question, and being able to say which question each answers is what makes the difference defensible rather than alarming.
What’s next
Back to Cost Flow Sankey.