PCA (Prometheus Certified Associate) sample exam question with answer 462

Question:
What is the purpose of a Prometheus alertmanager?

1. To collect metric data from targets
2. To store metric data for historical analysis
3. To provide a UI for creating and managing alerts
4. To route and manage alerts sent by Prometheus

Answer:
D - is correct answer. The Prometheus alertmanager is responsible for routing and managing alerts sent by Prometheus. It can send alerts to various channels such as email, Slack, PagerDuty, etc.