6.6 Recognize the Capabilities of Configuration Management Mechanisms Such as Ansible and Terraform 200-301 Practice Questions (Page 6)

Questions 26–30

1. 26foundation · easy

   What is the core workflow of Terraform?

   • Ainstall, configure, deploy, monitor
   • Bpull, push, commit, merge
   • Cinit, plan, apply, destroy
   • Dcreate, read, update, delete
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2. 27foundation · easy

   Which Ansible command would you use to run a single task, such as checking the uptime of a device, without creating a playbook?

   • Aansible-playbook
   • Bansible
   • Cansible-inventory
   • Dansible-config
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4. 28application · medium

   A company is adopting infrastructure-as-code for its network. The team wants to define the entire network topology—including VLANs, subnets, and routing—in code and have the tool automatically determine the order of creation based on dependencies. They also need to preview changes before applying them. Which tool and workflow best meet these requirements?

   • AAnsible with a playbook that defines the desired state and runs 'ansible-playbook --check'
   • BCisco Prime Infrastructure with a template-based deployment
   • CTerraform with the 'terraform plan' and 'terraform apply' workflow
   • DA Python script using the device APIs to create resources in a hard-coded order
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5. 29application · medium

   An engineer has an Ansible playbook that configures a group of routers. The playbook uses the ios_config module and includes a 'become: yes' directive. The engineer runs the playbook and it fails with a privilege error. What is the most likely cause?

   • AThe connection method is not set to 'network_cli'
   • BThe inventory file does not include the group of routers
   • CThe ios_config module is not installed
   • DThe playbook is missing the 'hosts' directive
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6. 30foundation · easy

   What is the primary purpose of configuration management in network automation?

   • ATo encrypt all data transmitted between network devices
   • BTo replace the need for any human involvement in network operations
   • CTo automate the deployment and consistent maintenance of device configurations across the network
   • DTo provide real-time traffic monitoring and alerting for network devices
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