Automation CAS-005 Practice Questions (Page 2)

Questions 6–10

1. 6foundation · easy

   A Linux administrator needs to create a Bash script that checks if a file exists and prints a message if it does. Which Bash construct is used to perform this conditional check?

   • Aif [ -f "/path/to/file" ]; then
   • Bwhile read line; do
   • Cfor file in /path/to/file; do
   • Dcase $file in
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2. 7foundation · easy

   A security operations team wants to automatically run a script whenever a new user account is created in Active Directory. Which approach is best suited for this event-driven automation?

   • ASet up a Windows Task Scheduler trigger that fires on an event log entry
   • BUse a PowerShell loop that checks for new users every minute
   • CConfigure a scheduled task to run the script every hour
   • DRun the script manually whenever a new account is created
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4. 8foundation · easy

   A security analyst is writing a Python script to parse a JSON file containing security alerts. Which Python module should be imported to work with JSON data?

   • Ajson
   • Bcsv
   • Cos
   • Dre
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5. 9expert · hard

   A Linux administrator needs to automate the patching of a fleet of servers, but the servers are in different security zones and some are not allowed to access the internet directly. The administrator wants to use a central patch repository. Which approach best meets these constraints?

   • ASet up a local mirror of the package repository and configure each server to use it, then use a Bash script to run the update.
   • BUse a Bash script that downloads patches from the internet on each server.
   • CUse a configuration management tool like Ansible to push patches from a central server.
   • DUse a SOAR platform to orchestrate patching across all servers.
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6. 10application · medium

   A DevOps team wants to automate the deployment of a web application that consists of multiple microservices. The deployment should be reproducible, version-controlled, and include the ability to roll back to a previous version. The team also wants to ensure that the infrastructure is provisioned consistently across environments. Which approach best meets these requirements?

   • AUse Terraform to define the infrastructure and Kubernetes manifests for the application, storing both in Git.
   • BUse a Bash script that runs docker-compose up on each server.
   • CUse Ansible to configure servers and a Python script to deploy the application.
   • DUse Azure Resource Manager templates to deploy VMs and then manually install the application.
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