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The practice questions for SRE Foundation exam was last updated on 2026-01-07 .

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Question#1

The process of simulating failures in a controlled environment to test system resilience is known as __________ engineering.

A. Chaos
B. Incident
C. Reactive
D. Synchronous

Question#2

What are common strategies for optimizing API performance? (Select two)

A. Using pagination for large data responses
B. Implementing asynchronous processing for non-critical tasks
C. Forcing all API requests to be synchronous
D. Avoiding caching to maintain real-time responses

Question#3

What are key characteristics of toil? (Select two)

A. Repetitive and manual
B. Can be automated or eliminated
C. Requires high-level engineering problem-solving
D. Always results in long-term improvements

Question#4

What role does caching play in performance optimization?

A. Reduces the load on backend systems by storing frequently accessed data
B. Increases the number of database queries to improve accuracy
C. Disables content delivery networks (CDNs) to prevent latency issues
D. Ensures all requests go directly to the origin server

Question#5

What are best practices for incident detection in SRE? (Select two)

A. Implementing automated monitoring and alerting systems
B. Using synthetic testing to proactively identify failures
C. Ignoring minor alerts to reduce noise
D. Relying only on customer reports for incident detection

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Exam Code: SRE FoundationQ & A: 90 Q&AsUpdated:  2026-01-07

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