This 200-901 practice question tests your understanding of application deployment and security. Match the stated requirement to the specific cloud service, access model, or configuration option — many options are valid in isolation but not for this scenario. After answering, compare your reasoning against the explanation and wrong-answer breakdown below. Once you have made your selection, read the full explanation to reinforce the concept and understand why each distractor is designed to mislead on exam day.
A team uses Ansible Tower for network automation. They need to restrict a user to only view job results without making any changes. Which Tower role should be assigned?
Execute
Why wrong: Execute role allows running jobs, which includes making changes.
Read
The Read role provides view-only permissions for jobs, inventories, and other resources.
Auditor
Why wrong: Auditor role is similar to Read but may include additional auditing capabilities; Read is the standard view-only role.
Admin
Why wrong: Admin role has full administrative access, including creating and modifying resources.
Answer choices
Answer the question above first, then reveal the full breakdown to understand why each option is right or wrong.
Correct answer & explanation
Read
The Read role in Ansible Tower grants read-only access to all resources, including job results, without allowing any modifications. This is the correct choice because the requirement is to restrict the user to viewing job results only, and Read provides exactly that level of access without any write or execute permissions.
Key principle: Answer the scenario, not the keyword: identify the specific constraint before choosing the most familiar-sounding option.
Answer analysis
For each option: why learners choose it and why it is or isn't the right answer here.
Execute
Why it's wrong here
Execute role allows running jobs, which includes making changes.
Read
Why this is correct
The Read role provides view-only permissions for jobs, inventories, and other resources.
Related concept
Read the scenario before looking for a memorised answer.
Auditor
Why it's wrong here
Auditor role is similar to Read but may include additional auditing capabilities; Read is the standard view-only role.
Admin
Why it's wrong here
Admin role has full administrative access, including creating and modifying resources.
Common exam traps
Cisco often tests the distinction between Read and Auditor roles, where candidates may mistakenly choose Auditor thinking it is more restrictive, but Auditor actually provides broader read access to all objects including credentials, while Read is the correct role for limiting to job results only.
Trap categories for this question
Similar concept trap
Auditor role is similar to Read but may include additional auditing capabilities; Read is the standard view-only role.
Detailed technical explanation
Ansible Tower's role-based access control (RBAC) uses a hierarchy of roles: Read, Execute, Admin, and Auditor. The Read role is the most restrictive for viewing job results, as it only allows access to job output and status without any write or execute capabilities. In a real-world scenario, a network operations center (NOC) analyst might be assigned the Read role to monitor job results for troubleshooting without risking accidental changes to production network configurations.
Key takeaway
Answer the scenario, not the keyword: identify the specific constraint before choosing the most familiar-sounding option.
Real-world example
A practitioner preparing for the 200-901 exam encounters this exact type of scenario on the job. The correct answer here is not the most general option — it is the best answer for the specific constraint described. Answer the scenario, not the keyword: identify the specific constraint before choosing the most familiar-sounding option. Real exam questions reward reading the full scenario before eliminating options, because the constraint defines which answer fits.
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Application Deployment and Security — This question tests Application Deployment and Security — Read the scenario before looking for a memorised answer..
The correct answer is: Read — The Read role in Ansible Tower grants read-only access to all resources, including job results, without allowing any modifications. This is the correct choice because the requirement is to restrict the user to viewing job results only, and Read provides exactly that level of access without any write or execute permissions.
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Read the scenario before looking for a memorised answer.
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