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Which Grafana menu is used to add a new data source such as Graphite, Prometheus, or CloudWatch?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>A. Dashboards<br>B. Connections<br>C. Bookmarks<br>D. Starred<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Answer: B. Connections<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">8. If Grafana is connected to Graphite, what does Grafana usually do?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>A. Collects Linux metrics directly<br>B. Reads metrics from Graphite and displays them in panels<br>C. Deletes old Whisper files<br>D. Installs Telegraf automatically<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Answer: B. Reads metrics from Graphite and displays them in panels<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">9. Which option should be used in Grafana to test a metric query before adding it to a dashboard?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>A. Explore<br>B. Playlists<br>C. Users and access<br>D. Authentication<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Answer: A. Explore<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">10. In a Graphite-backed Grafana dashboard, which query format is correct?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>A. <code>telegraf.linux-demo.cpu.usage_active<\/code><br>B. <code>telegraf\/linux-demo\/cpu\/usage_active.wsp<\/code><br>C. <code>\/opt\/graphite\/storage\/whisper\/cpu.wsp<\/code><br>D. <code>servers.cpu.usage_active.wsp<\/code><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Answer: A. <code>telegraf.linux-demo.cpu.usage_active<\/code><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">11. Why should <code>.wsp<\/code> not be used in Grafana Graphite queries?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>A. Because <code>.wsp<\/code> is only the Whisper storage file extension<br>B. Because Grafana does not support CPU metrics<br>C. Because <code>.wsp<\/code> is used only for logs<br>D. 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