M1.5 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
The Reason field on an override is:
A. Required, with a minimum of 10 characters
B. Required only for force-off overrides
C. Auto-generated from the schedule name
D. Optional, and not stored as a backend field
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Correct: D. It is a note for teammates rather than a machine-enforced control, and it is not validated. Do not build a compliance process that assumes it is enforced.
Q2
Max Override Duration is configured:
A. Per resource and per resource group, where 0 disables overrides entirely
B. Org-wide in Settings, defaulting to seven days for everything there
C. Per schedule, capping its own overrides
D. Per user role, so Admins get longer
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Correct: A. Expressed in minutes, with no org-wide default. Because the cap is per-resource, you can forbid overrides on sensitive resources and allow longer ones elsewhere.
Q3
The two override types are:
A. Temporary and permanent
B. Start and stop
C. Force-on and force-off
D. Manual and scheduled
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Correct: C. Force-on keeps the resource ON and ignores stop crons; force-off keeps it OFF and ignores start crons. There is no finer-grained state control.
Q4
An override’s expiry is:
A. Required, with automatic removal at that time
B. Optional, and defaulting to none at all here
C. Inherited from the schedule
D. Fixed at 24 hours always
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Correct: A. No exceptions. Required expiry is the mechanism that prevents the forgotten override, and the per-resource cap bounds how far out it can be set.
Q5
An override’s expiry timezone is derived from:
A. The user’s own browser
B. The organisation-wide default setting
C. UTC, always and only
D. The resource or group’s attached schedule
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Correct: D. Using the org default would produce off-by-hours expiries for a resource on a schedule in another timezone, which is exactly when an override matters most.
Q6
How many active overrides can a resource have?
A. Two, one of each type
B. One
C. Unlimited
D. One per user
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Correct: B. The conflict is prevented pre-submit in the UI and enforced with a 409 at the backend, because two active overrides would make the resource’s governing intent ambiguous.
Q7
“Our team works Sundays throughout May” should be handled by:
A. A single 31-day-long override
B. Disabling the schedule
C. A schedule edit for that period
D. Manual start each Sunday
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Correct: C. Anything structurally longer than a few days is a schedule change, not an exception. The override cap exists partly to force that conversation.
Q8
Cancelling an override early:
A. Is simply not possible at all once it has been set
B. Deletes the audit record
C. Requires the Admin role
D. Returns the resource to schedule control immediately
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Correct: D. Cancelling when the situation resolves is encouraged, because an override that outlives its reason is the failure mode the whole feature is designed around.
Q9
Setting max_override_duration_minutes to 0 on a resource means:
A. No cap at all; overrides can run indefinitely
B. Overrides are disabled entirely for that resource
C. The organisation default applies instead
D. Overrides expire immediately on creation
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Correct: B. Zero is a meaningful value rather than an absent one, which is the detail most likely to be misread when auditing a configuration.
Q10
Overrides are owned by the Config service rather than the executor because:
A. The config service is faster
B. The executor cannot write to it
C. It prevents double-notification of override events
D. Overrides are not treated as execution events
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Correct: C. The executor’s early-return on an already-overridden resource is what stops resource.override firing twice for a single action.
What’s next
Back to Overrides.