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What are the 4 parts included in the plugin. Json definition for Active Gate plugins? -
Correct Answer ✔Metadata, UI, Metrics, Configuration
How are Active Gate plugins licensed? -Correct Answer ✔The plugin SDK is free.
Dynatrace partners can develop plugin for you, will depend on contract. Whatever
custom metrics are used will be charged.
How frequently do Active Gate plugins execute? -Correct Answer ✔Once per minute
Can you run multiple endpoints in a single Active Gate plugin module? -Correct Answer
✔Yes
What kind of Active Gate executes Active Gate plugins? -Correct Answer ✔Environment
Active Gate
Can you execute Active Gate plugins using an Environment Active Gate that's
configured for multi-environment support? -Correct Answer ✔No
Where can you view results from plugin-monitoring? -Correct Answer ✔Technology
overview page
What is a "device group"? -Correct Answer ✔A technology tile that derives its data from
an Active Gate plugin.
Why would you set up "key metrics" for an Active Gate plugin? -Correct Answer
✔Define important metrics to be displayed in technology overview page.
What is the favicon property in the plugins. Json definition? -Correct Answer ✔Allows
you to define your own custom icon for device groups!
What can device groups represent? -Correct Answer ✔Clusters, regions, groups of
servers, etc.
What is a custom device group entity? -Correct Answer ✔Bind metrics and properties to
monitor device group metrics
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How do you define the type and look of charts of ActiveGate plugins? -Correct Answer
✔plugin.json
What is pgmetrics in plugins.json for ActiveGate plugins? -Correct Answer ✔Section
that allows you to define custom device metrics.
Does Dynatrace AI baseline the metrics of your custom devices? -Correct Answer
✔Yes!
How does Dynatrace create problems from custom devices (ActiveGate plugin)? -
Correct Answer ✔Metric threshold violation in JSON definition. (Automatically sends
events, not problems)
How do you manually generate problems for your ActiveGate plugins? -Correct Answer
✔Python API - raise performance, availability, error, and resource contention problems
Does Dynatrace automatically distribute plugins between Dynatrace server and
ActiveGates? -Correct Answer ✔No, you need to deploy them on ActiveGate and
upload them to server.
In general, what is the point of plugins.json (ActiveGate plugins)? -Correct Answer
✔Define how data is presented in the Dynatrace UI.
In general, what is the point of Python files for ActiveGate plugins? -Correct Answer
✔Define additional events, create custom properties.
How many Cluster Management Consoles are there per cluster? -Correct Answer ✔One
per cluster.
What is each managed cluster associated with? -Correct Answer ✔One or more nodes
(with Dynatrace server instances), one or more monitored environments (with
OneAgent), one cluster management console.
What are the components included in the Dynatrace Managed installer? -Correct
Answer ✔Dynatrace Server, Cassandra, Elasticsearch, Embedded ActiveGate, NGINX
What can you do with CMC? -Correct Answer ✔Create user accounts and groups, add
new cluster nodes, add new monitoring environments.
How many nodes does Dynatrace recommend per cluster? -Correct Answer ✔At least 3
- data is replicated across nodes
What percentage of managed cluster nodes does Dynatrace need to be running? -
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What does Dynatrace recommend for latency between managed cluster nodes? -
Correct Answer ✔10ms or less
Is transaction data (call stacks, database statements, code-level visibility etc.) replicated
across managed cluster nodes? -Correct Answer ✔No - evenly distributed across all
nodes
If you're distributing managed cluster nodes across separate data centers, what is the
max amount of nodes that Dynatrace recommends per data center? -Correct Answer
✔No more than 2 nodes per data center
If you're distributing managed cluster nodes across separate data centers, what is the
min amount of data centers that Dynatrace recommends? -Correct Answer ✔At least 3
data centers (1 can fail)
Why does Dynatrace recommend that each managed cluster node be deployed on a
separate physical disk? -Correct Answer ✔To prevent loss of monitoring data.
Why does Dynatrace recommend deploying managed cluster nodes on systems with
the same hardware characteristics? -Correct Answer ✔To minimize performance loss
What should you keep in mind when building your manged cluster? -Correct Answer
✔Build cluster with additional capacity and possible node failure in mind.
What happens when a managed cluster node fails? -Correct Answer ✔NGINX
automatically load balances and redirects all OneAgent traffic to the remaining working
nodes.
Why would you use Dynatrace Managed deployment scenario 1: Basic setup? -Correct
Answer ✔If you want your managed cluster to only be accessible internally.
Why would you use Dynatrace Managed deployment scenario 2: Pure Dynatrace
Managed setup? -Correct Answer ✔If you want to enable DEM services and
communication from external sources.
Why would you use Dynatrace Managed deployment scenario 3: integration with
existing IT landscape? -Correct Answer ✔When customer already has environment with
load balancers and proxies in place.
In Dynatrace Managed deployment scenario 1: basic setup, is remote access to Mission
Control enabled? -Correct Answer ✔Yes
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DYNATRACE PRO CERT EXAM 200
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS LATEST
EDITION 2025
What are the 4 parts included in the plugin. Json definition for Active Gate plugins? -
Correct Answer ✔Metadata, UI, Metrics, Configuration
How are Active Gate plugins licensed? -Correct Answer ✔The plugin SDK is free.
Dynatrace partners can develop plugin for you, will depend on contract. Whatever
custom metrics are used will be charged.
How frequently do Active Gate plugins execute? -Correct Answer ✔Once per minute
Can you run multiple endpoints in a single Active Gate plugin module? -Correct Answer
✔Yes
What kind of Active Gate executes Active Gate plugins? -Correct Answer ✔Environment
Active Gate
Can you execute Active Gate plugins using an Environment Active Gate that's
configured for multi-environment support? -Correct Answer ✔No
Where can you view results from plugin-monitoring? -Correct Answer ✔Technology
overview page
What is a "device group"? -Correct Answer ✔A technology tile that derives its data from
an Active Gate plugin.
Why would you set up "key metrics" for an Active Gate plugin? -Correct Answer
✔Define important metrics to be displayed in technology overview page.
What is the favicon property in the plugins. Json definition? -Correct Answer ✔Allows
you to define your own custom icon for device groups!
What can device groups represent? -Correct Answer ✔Clusters, regions, groups of
servers, etc.
What is a custom device group entity? -Correct Answer ✔Bind metrics and properties to
monitor device group metrics
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How do you define the type and look of charts of ActiveGate plugins? -Correct Answer
✔plugin.json
What is pgmetrics in plugins.json for ActiveGate plugins? -Correct Answer ✔Section
that allows you to define custom device metrics.
Does Dynatrace AI baseline the metrics of your custom devices? -Correct Answer
✔Yes!
How does Dynatrace create problems from custom devices (ActiveGate plugin)? -
Correct Answer ✔Metric threshold violation in JSON definition. (Automatically sends
events, not problems)
How do you manually generate problems for your ActiveGate plugins? -Correct Answer
✔Python API - raise performance, availability, error, and resource contention problems
Does Dynatrace automatically distribute plugins between Dynatrace server and
ActiveGates? -Correct Answer ✔No, you need to deploy them on ActiveGate and
upload them to server.
In general, what is the point of plugins.json (ActiveGate plugins)? -Correct Answer
✔Define how data is presented in the Dynatrace UI.
In general, what is the point of Python files for ActiveGate plugins? -Correct Answer
✔Define additional events, create custom properties.
How many Cluster Management Consoles are there per cluster? -Correct Answer ✔One
per cluster.
What is each managed cluster associated with? -Correct Answer ✔One or more nodes
(with Dynatrace server instances), one or more monitored environments (with
OneAgent), one cluster management console.
What are the components included in the Dynatrace Managed installer? -Correct
Answer ✔Dynatrace Server, Cassandra, Elasticsearch, Embedded ActiveGate, NGINX
What can you do with CMC? -Correct Answer ✔Create user accounts and groups, add
new cluster nodes, add new monitoring environments.
How many nodes does Dynatrace recommend per cluster? -Correct Answer ✔At least 3
- data is replicated across nodes
What percentage of managed cluster nodes does Dynatrace need to be running? -
2
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Correct Answer ✔Majority (50%+)
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What does Dynatrace recommend for latency between managed cluster nodes? -
Correct Answer ✔10ms or less
Is transaction data (call stacks, database statements, code-level visibility etc.) replicated
across managed cluster nodes? -Correct Answer ✔No - evenly distributed across all
nodes
If you're distributing managed cluster nodes across separate data centers, what is the
max amount of nodes that Dynatrace recommends per data center? -Correct Answer
✔No more than 2 nodes per data center
If you're distributing managed cluster nodes across separate data centers, what is the
min amount of data centers that Dynatrace recommends? -Correct Answer ✔At least 3
data centers (1 can fail)
Why does Dynatrace recommend that each managed cluster node be deployed on a
separate physical disk? -Correct Answer ✔To prevent loss of monitoring data.
Why does Dynatrace recommend deploying managed cluster nodes on systems with
the same hardware characteristics? -Correct Answer ✔To minimize performance loss
What should you keep in mind when building your manged cluster? -Correct Answer
✔Build cluster with additional capacity and possible node failure in mind.
What happens when a managed cluster node fails? -Correct Answer ✔NGINX
automatically load balances and redirects all OneAgent traffic to the remaining working
nodes.
Why would you use Dynatrace Managed deployment scenario 1: Basic setup? -Correct
Answer ✔If you want your managed cluster to only be accessible internally.
Why would you use Dynatrace Managed deployment scenario 2: Pure Dynatrace
Managed setup? -Correct Answer ✔If you want to enable DEM services and
communication from external sources.
Why would you use Dynatrace Managed deployment scenario 3: integration with
existing IT landscape? -Correct Answer ✔When customer already has environment with
load balancers and proxies in place.
In Dynatrace Managed deployment scenario 1: basic setup, is remote access to Mission
Control enabled? -Correct Answer ✔Yes
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