Objective 5.4
O11y Cloud Certified Metrics UserCreate a muting rule
Objective 5.4 sits in Introduction to Alerting on Metrics with Detectors, which carries 10% of the O11y Cloud Certified Metrics User exam. The questions below are original, written from the official objective title above, and each explanation cites the Splunk page it rests on.
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A worked example
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An analyst mutes notifications during a maintenance window. What does Splunk document still happens?
Correct.
Checked against help.splunk.com, August 2026Concept
Muting is a delivery control rather than a detection control. The history stays intact, which is what lets the window be reviewed afterwards.
Why D
Splunk documents that muting rules only affect notifications, and when a muting rule is active the alerts and events it mutes are still generated.
Source
Splunk Docs: Mute alert notifications, checked August 2026Note: Muting rules only affect notifications: When a muting rule is active, alerts and events that are muted by the rule are still generated.
Now you: objective 5.4 questions
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Sample question 1 of 2
An analyst asks which notifications are still delivered during a muting period. What does Splunk document as the exception?
Sample question 2 of 2
An analyst asks what happens after a muting period ends. What does Splunk document?
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