IBM Cloud Associate SRE V2 - C1000-169 Exam Questions [2026]

QUESTION NO: 1
What are the fundamentals of IBM Cloud Backup technology and services?

A. Application performance monitoring B. Data backup and restore planning C. Network bandwidth optimization D. Data storage replication and encryption

Correct Answer: B

QUESTION NO: 2
Which troubleshooting technique involves isolating the problematic component by dividing the system in half and checking each part?

A. Post-mortem analysis B. Active probing C. Traceroute D. Binary search

Correct Answer: D

QUESTION NO: 3
What is the first step to recognizing security issues in a system?

A. Ignoring security alerts and notifications B. Regularly conducting security audits C. Monitoring system logs and analyzing anomalies D. Waiting for an incident to occur before taking any action

Correct Answer: C

QUESTION NO: 4
What is the definition of "high availability" in the context of service architecture components?

A. The capability of a system to recover from failures and continue functioning B. The process of ensuring that all data is consistently backed up C. The ability of a system to handle an increasing number of users D. The practice of running multiple instances of a service to balance the load

Correct Answer: A

QUESTION NO: 5
What are the benefits of monitoring and observability? (Select all that apply)

A. Making informed decisions based on data B. Preventing all incidents from occurring C. Identifying system bottlenecks and performance issues D. Eliminating the need for incident management

Correct Answer: A,C

QUESTION NO: 6
In which deployment model does the new version of the application coexist with the old version, allowing for easy rollback if needed?

A. Feature flag deployment B. Blue-green deployment C. Rolling deployment D. Canary deployment

Correct Answer: B

QUESTION NO: 7
What is one of the primary benefits of effective troubleshooting in SRE?

A. Relying solely on intuition rather than systematic approaches B. Increased mean time to repair (MTTR) for incidents C. Decreased stress and workload for SRE team members D. Avoidance of any incidents or issues in the system

Correct Answer: C

QUESTION NO: 8
What are data storage replication concepts used for in high availability and disaster recovery?

A. To decrease data storage performance B. To increase the cost of data storage C. To delete unnecessary data from the storage system D. To ensure data is consistent and available in multiple locations

Correct Answer: D

QUESTION NO: 9
Which of the following is a recommended practice for securing applications on IBM Cloud?

A. Using a single shared account for all team members B. Storing all sensitive data in plain text C. Implementing multi-factor authentication (MFA) D. Allowing anonymous access to resources

Correct Answer: C

QUESTION NO: 10
What are traces and distributed tracing used for? (Select all that apply)

A. Identifying the root cause of an incident B. Tracing user activity on the system C. Mapping dependencies between system components D. Tracking system performance in real-time

Correct Answer: A,B,C