Prometheus quiz

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What does `scrape_interval` control?

1. What does `scrape_interval` control?
2. What does "pull-based" metrics collection mean in Prometheus?
3. What does `sum(rate(http_requests_total[5m])) by (handler)` do?
4. What is Prometheus?
5. What is a "gauge" metric type used for?
6. What is a Prometheus "exporter"?
7. What does the `for:` field on an alerting rule do?
8. What is a Prometheus "target"?
9. What configuration file defines Prometheus's scrape targets and settings?
10. What HTTP path do Prometheus targets conventionally expose metrics on?
11. What does a "job" refer to in `scrape_configs`?
12. What is the default data retention period for Prometheus's local storage?

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