GRAYLOG - Chapter 3, Exercise 1 Solution ========================================================== Naming Level 4 and Comparing Its Severity PROBLEM ------- Using this chapter's own real severity table, name the syslog severity name for level 4, and state whether it's more or less severe than level 6. SOLUTION -------- Looking up level 4 in the chapter's own real severity table: 4 = Warning Comparing severity: this chapter established that LOWER numbers mean MORE severe. Level 4 (Warning) has a lower number than level 6 (Informational), so level 4 is MORE severe than level 6. ANSWER: Level 4 is "Warning." It is more severe than level 6 (Informational), because lower syslog severity numbers indicate greater severity. ---- WHY THIS WORKS AS AN ANSWER This is a direct lookup against the chapter's own real severity table, combined with its own explicitly stated ordering rule. The comparison is a good check on whether the "lower = more severe" rule has actually been internalized, since it inverts the intuition most people bring from an everyday 1-10 rating scale, where a higher number usually means worse.