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What best describes cloud native service discovery?

The correct answer is A. It's a mechanism for applications and microservices to locate each other on a network. Cloud native service discovery is a critical mechanism that allows microservices and applications in a distributed environment to dynamically find and communicate with each other without hardcoding network locations. It typically involves a service registry where services…

Submitted by priya_blr· May 4, 2026Cloud Native Architecture

Question

What best describes cloud native service discovery?

Options

  • AIt's a mechanism for applications and microservices to locate each other on a network.
  • BIt's a procedure for discovering a MAC address, associated with a given IP address.
  • CIt's used for automatically assigning IP addresses to devices connected to the network.
  • DIt's a protocol that turns human-readable domain names into IP addresses on the Internet.

How the community answered

(49 responses)
  • A
    88% (43)
  • B
    4% (2)
  • C
    6% (3)
  • D
    2% (1)

Why each option

Cloud native service discovery is a critical mechanism that allows microservices and applications in a distributed environment to dynamically find and communicate with each other without hardcoding network locations. It typically involves a service registry where services register themselves and clients query the registry to find service instances.

AIt's a mechanism for applications and microservices to locate each other on a network.Correct

Cloud native service discovery provides a dynamic mechanism for services to register themselves with a central registry and for client applications to query that registry to find the network locations of other services they need to communicate with. This is essential in highly dynamic cloud environments where service instances frequently scale up, down, or move.

BIt's a procedure for discovering a MAC address, associated with a given IP address.

This describes the Address Resolution Protocol (ARP), which maps IP addresses to MAC addresses on a local network segment.

CIt's used for automatically assigning IP addresses to devices connected to the network.

This describes Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP), which is used for automatically assigning IP addresses to network devices.

DIt's a protocol that turns human-readable domain names into IP addresses on the Internet.

This describes the Domain Name System (DNS), which translates domain names into IP addresses.

Concept tested: Cloud Native Service Discovery

Source: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/architecture/patterns/service-discovery

Topics

#Service Discovery#Cloud Native#Microservices

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