CV0-004 Deployment Practice Question
A DevOps team uses Ansible to automate cloud resource provisioning. Which of the following best describes Ansible's architecture?
Answer choices
Why each option matters
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Correct answer & explanation
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It is agentless and uses SSH or WinRM to execute tasks.
Ansible is agentless and uses SSH or WinRM to connect to managed nodes, executing YAML playbooks.
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It uses a declarative language similar to Terraform.
Why it's wrong here
Ansible is procedural/imperative, not declarative like Terraform.
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It uses a master-server architecture with a central controller.
Why it's wrong here
Ansible uses a push model from a control node, but no persistent master.
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It requires an agent installed on each managed node.
Why it's wrong here
Ansible is agentless.
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It is agentless and uses SSH or WinRM to execute tasks.
Why this is correct
Correct. Ansible uses SSH (Linux) or WinRM (Windows) without agents.
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