An exception in AppDynamics is a code-level event that indicates a problem or abnormality in the execution of a business transaction. AppDynamics captures and presents information on exceptions in the monitored environment, and allows you to configure the rules and criteria for detecting and reporting exceptions.

According to theErrors and Exceptions - AppDynamics, the following two types of events would be marked as an exception in AppDynamics:

A custom-configured error method and error message: This is a type of event that you can define as an exception based on a specific method and message that indicate an error condition in your application code. You can configure the error detection rules to mark a business transaction as an error and capture the exception information when such a method and message are encountered. For example, you can configure a rule to mark a business transaction as an error and capture the exception when the methodcom.example.MyClass.myMethodreturns the messageInvalid input.

Any message that is logged with a severity of Error or Fatal: This is a type of event that AppDynamics automatically detects as an exception based on the log messages that are generated by your application code. AppDynamics scans the log messages for the keywordsErrororFatal, and marks the business transaction as an error and captures the exception information when such a message is found. For example, AppDynamics will mark a business transaction as an error and capture the exception when the log message containsError: Null pointer exception.

Therefore,B(a custom-configured error method and error message) andC(any message that is logged with a severity of Error or Fatal) are two types of events that would be marked as an exception in AppDynamics.Reference:

Cisco AppDynamics Associate Administrator Certification

Errors and Exceptions - AppDynamics

Error Detection - AppDynamics