CDM Infrastructure Automation & Configuration Management 4

Question 1

What does the `terraform import` command do?

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Brings an existing real-world resource under Terraform state management without recreating it

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Downloads provider plugins required by the configuration

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Imports a Terraform module from the public registry

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Migrates a Terraform workspace to a different backend

Question 2

In Kubernetes-based infrastructure automation, what is the role of a Helm chart?

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A packaged collection of Kubernetes manifests with templating support for repeatable application deployment

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A Kubernetes RBAC policy for restricting cluster-admin access

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A monitoring dashboard preconfigured for Kubernetes cluster metrics

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A network policy definition file for pod-to-pod communication rules

Question 3

Which Ansible inventory feature allows you to dynamically generate host lists from cloud provider APIs?

Accepted Answer

Dynamic inventory scripts or plugins

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Static inventory files

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Ansible Tower job templates

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The `add_host` module within a playbook

Question 4

What is a key advantage of using Terraform modules?

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They enable reuse of infrastructure patterns across projects and reduce code duplication

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They allow Terraform to run without a provider configuration

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They bypass the need for a remote state backend

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They automatically generate compliance reports for provisioned resources

Question 5

In a GitOps workflow, what serves as the single source of truth for infrastructure state?

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A Git repository containing declarative configuration files

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The live cloud provider console

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The CI/CD pipeline's artifact registry

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An agent running on each managed node

Question 6

Which Puppet concept defines the desired final state of a system resource rather than the steps to achieve it?

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Declarative resource definition

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Procedural scripting

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Imperative task execution

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Event-driven remediation

Question 7

What problem does 'idempotency' solve in infrastructure automation?

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It guarantees that running the same automation multiple times produces the same result without unintended side effects

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It ensures configuration changes are rolled back on failure

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It prevents two operators from applying conflicting changes simultaneously

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It validates that all resource dependencies are resolved before provisioning begins