M1.2 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
Snapshots, security groups, NSGs and VNet peerings are not visible at the top level of the resource list because they:
A. Are not discovered at all by the inventory pass that is being run
B. Are visible only to Admins on the org
C. Appear only when a recommendation exists
D. Are hidden under synthetic grouping folders and reached by drilling in
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Correct: D. The invariant is that a resource which can carry a recommendation is always findable in inventory. Parenting them keeps the top level readable without hiding them.
Q2
The three discovery methods are:
A. Console scraping, API polling and agent reporting
B. AWS Resource Explorer 2, GCP Cloud Asset Inventory, Azure Resource Graph
C. Billing export parsing on all three providers
D. CloudFormation, Deployment Manager and ARM template parsing alone
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Correct: B. Each cloud’s own inventory service, the one whose job is to list everything. Per-service providers run alongside RE2 on AWS for detailed metadata.
Q3
Search in the resource list:
A. Is scoped to the current parent view only, always
B. Is disabled entirely in children views
C. Overrides the parent view and searches all resources
D. Requires a filter to be set beforehand
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Correct: C. Filters are scoped to the current view; search deliberately is not, because “find this thing” should not require knowing where it sits in the hierarchy.
Q4
The parent-child hierarchy supports nesting up to:
A. 2 levels
B. 3 levels
C. 5 levels
D. Unlimited
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Correct: B. Cluster to nodegroup to VM is the usual three-level case, and breadcrumbs make the current scope visible at each level.
Q5
Discovery’s freshness signal shows the last sync 9 hours ago. The periodic cron runs every 6. The right move before acting is:
A. Trigger a manual refresh and wait for it to complete
B. Act anyway; a 9-hour-old inventory is fine here
C. Restart the cloud account connection first
D. File a support ticket and wait for a reply
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Correct: A. Nine hours means a cycle was missed or an account is failing. The manual refresh also retries denied providers, so it frequently resolves the cause at the same time.
Q6
The Grouped Account dropdown sends provider=X when:
A. Any account of that provider is selected
B. All accounts of that provider are selected
C. No accounts at all are selected
D. Exactly one account is selected
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Correct: B. Partial or mixed selection sends comma-separated account ids instead; selecting all or none sends no filter at all.
Q7
Cascade filtering means:
A. Filters are always applied in one fixed and fully documented order, from the top down
B. Filters reset whenever the view is changed
C. Child filters inherit values from their parents
D. Selecting an account narrows the downstream filter options to what exists in that account
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Correct: D. A separate unfiltered call sources the account list itself, so the account dropdown is never narrowed by your own selection.
Q8
A manual start or stop does NOT:
A. Record a state-history entry
B. Require an explicit confirmation
C. Modify or detach any schedule
D. Report an action status per resource
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Correct: C. A manual action is a one-off. If the resource is attached to a schedule, the next cron firing still applies, which is why an override rather than a manual action is the right tool for a time-bounded exception.
Q9
Action status semantics run:
A. processing → completed or failed
B. queued, then running, then done
C. pending, then approved, then executed
D. requested, then acknowledged, then closed
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Correct: A. The status API is what the UI polls to show an error, which is how a failed cloud call surfaces rather than silently disappearing.
Q10
Staleness beyond 6 hours is usually caused by:
A. Too many resources to render at once
B. A timezone misconfiguration on the whole organisation itself
C. Browser caching of the previous view
D. A failing account, a denied permission, or a missed cron cycle
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Correct: D. All three are visible: the account list shows sync health, Permission Visibility shows denials, and the freshness signal shows the missed cycle.
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