Which of the following types of logs would provide the MOST useful information to improve application performance?

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Options

• ASystem logs
• BActivity logs
• CSecurity logs
• DAudit logs

• A
  87% (48)
• B
  7% (4)
• C
  4% (2)
• D
  2% (1)

Explanation

System logs capture low-level operational data including CPU utilization, memory consumption, disk I/O, process execution times, error codes, resource exhaustion events, and system-level warnings-all of which are directly relevant to diagnosing and improving application performance. Performance bottlenecks almost always manifest at the system resource level, making system logs the most actionable source for performance tuning. Activity logs (B) record what users or processes did (e.g., logins, file access), which reveals usage patterns but not resource constraints. Security logs (C) capture authentication events, access violations, and threat indicators-useful for security analysis, not performance optimization. Audit logs (D) track compliance-relevant events for accountability and are designed for governance, not performance diagnostics. When performance improvement is the goal, system resource metrics are the primary data source.

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