Which ThousandEyes capability enables an administrator to define a network path and receive alerts when the path deviates from the defined path?

Question

Options

• Apath visualization
• Bpath monitoring
• Canomaly detection
• Dnetwork topology mapping

• A
  2% (1)
• B
  89% (41)
• C
  7% (3)
• D
  2% (1)

Explanation

Path monitoring is the ThousandEyes capability that allows administrators to define an expected network path as a baseline and configure alerts to trigger when actual traffic deviates from that defined path - exactly matching the scenario described.

Why the distractors are wrong:

• A. Path visualization is a read-only diagnostic display showing hop-by-hop routes between endpoints; it visualizes paths but does not let you define a target path or generate deviation alerts.
• C. Anomaly detection identifies unusual patterns in metrics like latency or packet loss using statistical baselines - it is not path-specific and does not operate against an administrator-defined route.
• D. Network topology mapping discovers and displays the overall structure of a network; it is a discovery/inventory function, not a path-enforcement or alerting mechanism.

Memory tip: Think of the word "monitoring" as implying active surveillance against a standard - you define what "normal" looks like and monitor for drift. "Visualization" is passive (just look), while "monitoring" is active (watch and alert). If the question mentions defining a path + alerting, the answer is always monitoring.

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