Automation CAS-005 Practice Questions (Page 8)

Questions 36–37

1. 36expert · hard

   A company wants to automate the deployment and scaling of a containerized application. The application has variable load, and the team wants to automatically scale the number of containers based on CPU usage. The team also wants to automate the patching of the container images. Which approach best meets these requirements?

   • AUse Azure Container Instances with a scheduled task to scale containers.
   • BUse Docker Compose with a script that manually scales the containers.
   • CUse Kubernetes with Horizontal Pod Autoscaler (HPA) for scaling and a CI/CD pipeline that rebuilds and redeploys images on a schedule or when a new patch is available.
   • DUse a SOAR platform to orchestrate scaling and patching.
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2. 37application · medium

   A system administrator needs to automate the patching of a mixed environment of Windows and Linux servers. The automation should ensure that all servers are patched within a maintenance window, and the process should be auditable. The administrator wants to use a configuration management tool that supports both operating systems. Which tool should the administrator use?

   • AUse Ansible with playbooks that define patch tasks for both Windows and Linux, and schedule them via Ansible Tower or AWX.
   • BUse a SOAR platform to orchestrate patching across all servers.
   • CUse separate Bash scripts for Linux and PowerShell scripts for Windows, run via cron and Task Scheduler.
   • DUse a cloud provider's patch management service, such as AWS Systems Manager Patch Manager.
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