Resilience Questions

1. What is the primary purpose of setting a timeout for outbound API calls?

To improve request performance To prevent thread starvation To allow infinite retries To avoid using cancellation tokens

2. In the context of retries, which of the following scenarios should never trigger a retry operation?

500 Internal Server Error 408 Request Timeout 401 Unauthorized 429 Too Many Requests

3. What does a circuit breaker do when it detects a high failure rate?

Increases timeout thresholds Probes the service for recovery Immediately retries failed requests Allows all API calls without limits

4. What is the key characteristic of an idempotent operation in the context of retries?

It guarantees a successful response every time It should only be performed once It can be safely retried without negative effects It is only applicable to GET requests

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