Automation Solutions Within a Hybrid Cloud Environment CERTIFIED-HYBRID-CLOUD-IMPLEMENTATION-ENGINEER Practice Questions (Page 4)

Questions 16–18

1. 16application · medium

   An organization wants to automate the configuration of Windows and Linux servers in a hybrid cloud. They need a solution that supports idempotent configuration, uses a push model, and can manage both Azure and on-premises servers without requiring a separate agent on each server. Which tool should they select?

   • APuppet
   • BAnsible
   • CAzure Automation State Configuration (DSC)
   • DChef
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2. 17foundation · easy

   How do automation solutions like Ansible integrate with existing NetApp ONTAP storage systems in a hybrid cloud?

   • ABy mounting the storage as a local filesystem
   • BBy using REST APIs or SSH to communicate with ONTAP
   • CBy installing an agent on the ONTAP cluster
   • DBy using SNMP traps
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3. 18expert · hard

   A large enterprise runs a critical application on-premises and wants to implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) to manage it. They have a strict change-management policy requiring every change to be approved by a change advisory board (CAB). They also need to maintain a full audit trail of who changed what and when. They are considering Terraform and Ansible. Which solution best meets their requirements?

   • AAnsible with a requirements.yml file and a cron job to run playbooks
   • BAnsible with AWX and a custom script that logs to a database
   • CTerraform with local state files and manual approval before each apply
   • DTerraform with a remote state backend and a policy-as-code tool like OPA or Sentinel
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