PCA (Prometheus Certified Associate) sample exam question with answer 79

Question:
What is the Alertmanager term for a policy that when one type of alert fires, notifications should not be sent for a certain different type of alert?

1. Silencing
2. Inhibiting
3. Routing
4. Grouping

Answer:
B - Inhibition.
A - silencing deals with alerts for which notifications should not be sent at all. Silences do not depend on other alerts firing to activate.
C - routing deals with sending an alert notification to the appropriate receiver based on its labels.
D - grouping deals with what types of alerts should be grouped together to be sent as a single notification