Automation CNX-001 Practice Questions (Page 4)

Questions 16–20

1. 16application · medium

   A company uses Azure Resource Manager (ARM) templates to deploy their infrastructure. They want to automate the deployment process so that any change to the templates is automatically deployed to a staging environment, and after successful testing, a manual approval triggers deployment to production. Which CI/CD approach should they use?

   • AUse a single pipeline that deploys directly to production without any staging environment.
   • BUse Azure DevOps with a pipeline that has a build stage, a deployment stage to staging, and a separate deployment stage to production with an approval gate.
   • CUse a pipeline that only validates the ARM template syntax and does not deploy to any environment.
   • DUse a pipeline that deploys to staging and then automatically deploys to production without any approval.
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2. 17application · medium

   A network team manages a multi-VPC AWS environment using Terraform. They need to ensure that any change to the Terraform configuration is reviewed before it is applied to production. Which approach best meets this requirement?

   • AStore the Terraform code in a Git repository and use pull requests with required approvals before merging to the main branch.
   • BUse a shared network drive to store the Terraform files and have a colleague manually review them before running terraform apply.
   • CRun terraform apply directly on the production environment after making changes locally.
   • DSchedule a cron job to run terraform apply automatically every hour.
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4. 18foundation · medium

   Which principle is a core benefit of adopting Infrastructure as Code in a cloud environment?

   • AEach environment requires a unique, manually maintained configuration to avoid conflicts.
   • BInfrastructure is deployed only during scheduled maintenance windows to minimize disruption.
   • CInfrastructure is defined in code, allowing for version control and peer review of changes.
   • DInfrastructure changes are made directly in the production environment to ensure accuracy.
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5. 19foundation · medium

   What is a primary benefit of using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) to manage cloud resources?

   • AIt eliminates the need for any manual configuration or troubleshooting.
   • BIt allows infrastructure to be provisioned and managed through machine-readable definition files.
   • CIt provides a graphical interface for manually clicking through resource creation.
   • DIt automatically scales resources based on real-time traffic patterns.
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6. 20foundation · medium

   Which tool is a cloud-agnostic Infrastructure as Code tool that uses HashiCorp Configuration Language (HCL) to define resources?

   • AAzure Resource Manager (ARM)
   • BTerraform
   • CAnsible
   • DAWS CloudFormation
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