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XK0-006 Practice Question: Is migrating from a legacy automation tool to…
An organization is migrating from a legacy automation tool to Ansible. Which of the following best describes the role of Ansible playbooks in configuration management?
⚠ Common exam trap
It's easy for candidates to confuse playbooks with ad-hoc commands or inventory files, as candidates often think playbooks are scripts that execute directly on nodes rather than declarative YAML files that define desired state and tasks.
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Why each option matters
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YAML files that declare the desired state of systems and tasks to achieve it.
Ansible playbooks are YAML files that declare the desired state of systems and the tasks to achieve that state, making them the core configuration management tool in Ansible. They are idempotent, meaning running them multiple times yields the same result, and they use modules to enforce configurations without requiring an agent on managed nodes.
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YAML files that declare the desired state of systems and tasks to achieve it.
Why this is correct
Defines tasks and states declaratively.
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Executable scripts written in Python that run on managed nodes.
Why it's wrong here
Ansible playbooks are YAML, not Python executables.
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Configuration files that list the inventory of managed hosts.
Why it's wrong here
Inventory is separate; playbooks define tasks.
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Shell scripts that execute ad-hoc commands across servers.
Why it's wrong here
Ad-hoc commands are different from playbooks.
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