Q35 Monitor Domain 4 · 20–25% of exam

Application Insights distributed tracing links requests across multiple microservices. Which property enables correlation?

  1. A RequestId
  2. B CorrelationId
  3. C Operation_Id (W3C TraceContext: traceparent) (correct answer)
  4. D SessionId

Shortcut: Distributed tracing uses W3C TraceContext (traceparent header). Application Insights assigns Operation_Id to trace all telemetry items (requests, dependencies, exceptions) across services in a single operation.