You have an application running in Google Kubernetes Engine. The application invokes multiple services per request but responds too slowly. You need to identify which downstream service or services ar

The correct answer is D. Use a distributed tracing framework such as OpenTelemetry or Stackdriver Trace.. https://cloud.google.com/trace/docs/overview Cloud Trace, a distributed tracing system for Google Cloud, helps you understand how long it takes your application to handle incoming requests from users or other applications, and how long it takes to complete operations like RPC cal

Submitted by weili_xi· Apr 18, 2026Implementing service monitoring strategies

Question

You have an application running in Google Kubernetes Engine. The application invokes multiple services per request but responds too slowly. You need to identify which downstream service or services are causing the delay. What should you do?

Options

AAnalyze VPC flow logs along the path of the request.
BInvestigate the Liveness and Readiness probes for each service.
CCreate a Dataflow pipeline to analyze service metrics in real time.
DUse a distributed tracing framework such as OpenTelemetry or Stackdriver Trace.

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A
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B
10% (2)
C
5% (1)
D
80% (16)

Explanation

https://cloud.google.com/trace/docs/overview Cloud Trace, a distributed tracing system for Google Cloud, helps you understand how long it takes your application to handle incoming requests from users or other applications, and how long it takes to complete operations like RPC calls performed when handling the requests.

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#Distributed Tracing#Application Performance Monitoring (APM)#Microservices#Google Cloud Trace

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