CDM Infrastructure Automation & Configuration Management 2

Question 1

In Terraform, what is the purpose of the `terraform state mv` command?

Accepted Answer

Move a resource to a different state file or rename it within state

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Delete a resource from the state file

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Import an existing resource into Terraform management

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Refresh the state file to match real infrastructure

Question 2

Which Ansible module is best suited for ensuring a specific line exists in a configuration file without duplicating it?

Accepted Answer

lineinfile

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copy

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template

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blockinfile

Question 3

What does the concept of 'immutable infrastructure' primarily advocate?

Accepted Answer

Replacing servers with new images rather than updating them in place

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Encrypting all infrastructure configuration files at rest

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Preventing any changes to production systems by non-admins

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Using version-locked dependencies in all deployment pipelines

Question 4

In Chef, what is the role of a 'cookbook'?

Accepted Answer

A versioned package containing recipes, attributes, and resources that define a configuration policy

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A report summarizing the last Chef client run on a node

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A list of nodes that belong to a specific Chef environment

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The Chef server's web UI for managing node configurations

Question 5

Which Terraform feature allows multiple configurations to share the same infrastructure state?

Accepted Answer

Remote backends with workspaces

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Data sources

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Module registries

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Provider aliases

Question 6

What is 'configuration drift' in infrastructure management?

Accepted Answer

Gradual divergence between the desired state defined in code and the actual state of running systems

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A scheduled rotation of infrastructure credentials to improve security

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The migration of workloads from on-premises to cloud infrastructure

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Version skew between different Terraform provider plugins

Question 7

In Puppet, which resource type enforces that a user account exists with specific properties on a managed node?

Accepted Answer

user

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exec

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file

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package