Why is a dashboard a poor substitute for configured alerting?
Select an answer to reveal the explanation.
Short Explanation
You get passive visibility from a dashboard; it only helps if someone is already looking. An alert actively pushes the problem to you or another responder, so it is the better substitute for notification.
Full Explanation
The correct answer is that a dashboard is passive and only shows a problem to someone already looking, whereas an alert actively notifies a responder. Detection is useful only if it reaches a person who can act. A dashboard requires continuous human attention that nobody sustains, especially overnight and at weekends, while an alert pushes the issue to someone who can respond.
The option saying dashboards refresh too slowly to display current conditions is wrong because dashboards can display current data; the limitation is that someone must be watching.
The option saying dashboards cannot display error rates or latency is wrong because those metrics are exactly what dashboards commonly show.
The option saying dashboards are only visible to administrators is wrong because visibility is governed by permissions, and dashboards are routinely shared with teams.
For the exam, keep dashboards as investigation surfaces and alerts as the notification mechanism.