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, but stored with the override
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Correct: D. It is saved with the override and shown in its notifications, but it is not validated. Treat it as a note for teammates, and do not build a compliance process that assumes it is enforced.
Q2
What limits how far in the future an override’s expiry can be set?
A. Only that the expiry must be a time in the future
B. A seven-day org-wide default cap set in Settings
C. A cap configured on each schedule for its overrides
D. A per-role limit that gives Admins longer overrides
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Correct: A. ZopNight checks only that the expiry is in the future; there is no cap. Deciding that a long exception should be a schedule edit instead is your call, not the system’s.
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. When it passes, ZopNight sends the opposite action.
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. Nothing caps an override’s expiry, so that call is yours to make.
Q8
Cancelling an override early:
A. Is not possible at all once the override has been set
B. Deletes the audit record
C. Requires the Admin role
D. Ends the override and sends the opposite action right away
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Correct: D. Cancelling ends the override and ZopNight sends the opposite action at once (a force-on ends in a stop). 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
You try to create a force-on override for a resource that has no schedule attached. What happens?
A. It is saved and waits until a schedule is attached
B. It is rejected, since there is no schedule to override
C. ZopNight attaches a default always-on schedule first
D. The resource starts and stays on with no expiry set
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Correct: B. An override is an exception to a schedule, so ZopNight rejects it (“no schedule attached”). Use a manual start or stop for a one-off change on an unscheduled resource.
Q10
An active override is on a resource, and the resource is detached from its only schedule. The override:
A. Keeps running until its end time
B. Is cancelled at the same time
C. Moves to another schedule in the same group
D. Becomes permanent, since there is no schedule left to end it
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Correct: B. An override only changes how a schedule behaves, so it cannot outlive the schedule. Detaching the last schedule cancels the override, and the detach dialog warns you before it happens.
What’s next
Back to Overrides.