Consider the following playbook. — – hosts: local become: yes tasks: – name: create users user: name: “{{item}}” with_items: – sam – john – bob How many times is the user module invoked? A. 5 B. 3 C. 1 D. 0 Explanation: The call count will be based on the number of times the with_items […]

What does the lineinfile module do? A. Allow addition of lines anywhere in a file B. Allows to grep for lines in a provided file C. Allow additions of lines to the end of a file only D. Input data into a file from stdin Explanation: The purpose of the lineinfile module is to add […]

What keyword stores a command’s output into a variable? A. register B. output C. output is stored in a variable named results by default D. debug Explanation: The register keyword will store output from the preceding command into a provided variable.

Is it possible to specify multiple inventory files at once? A. Yes, you specify your inventory as a directory containing valid inventory files. B. No. C. Yes, you must provide extra parameters to the -i flag. D. Yes, you must specify a reference inventory master file.

Observe the details of the following dynamic inventory file. $ ls -l dynamic.py -rw-rw-r–. 1 user user 1928 Mar 30 08:21 dynamic.py Why will this inventory file cause the ansible command to fail? A. Ansible cannot use python scripts as inventories. B. The ansible user must own the file. C. The file is not executable. […]

Which is the default inventory file used by Ansible? A. ${PWD}/.inventory B. /etc/hosts C. /etc/ansible/inventory D. /etc/ansible/hosts Explanation: Ansbile refers to /etc/ansible/hosts as the default inventory.

A dynamic inventory must return data in what format? A. JSON B. XML C. YAML D. INI Explanation: Dynamic inventories must return JSON output.

Which flags must be accepted as input for a dynamic inventory script? A. Only –list B. –host [hostname] and –list C. –host [hostname] and –inv-list D. –list and –format [file format]

Examine the following inventory excerpt file named /home/user/ansible/inventory. [dbservers] db1.example.com Which of the following files does Ansible check for variables related to that inventory? (Choose all that apply.) A. /home/user/ansible/dbservers B. /home/user/ansible/host_vars/db1.example.com C. /home/user/ansible/host_vars/db1 D. /home/user/ansible/group_vars/dbservers Explanation: Ansible will check in /home/user/ansible/host_vars to find files named after hosts defined in the inventory. Ansible will check […]