EX294 Manage inventories and credentials Practice Question
Which THREE considerations are important when using dynamic inventories in Ansible Tower?
⚠ Common exam trap
Many exam-takers confuse the one-to-many relationship of inventory sources to inventories (Option B) with the actual one-to-one constraint, or assume custom scripts must reside in a specific directory (Option D) when Tower actually supports flexible script paths via projects or absolute paths.
Answer choices
Why each option matters
Answer the question above first, then reveal the full breakdown to understand why each option is right or wrong.
Correct answer & explanation
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Dynamic inventory groups can be nested under static groups.
Ansible Tower allows dynamic inventory groups to be nested under static groups, enabling a hybrid inventory structure where cloud-sourced hosts can be organized within manually defined static groups for more flexible automation targeting. This is supported by the Tower inventory model, which merges static and dynamic sources into a unified group hierarchy.
Answer analysis
Option-by-option breakdown
For each option: why learners choose it and why it is or isn't the right answer here.
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Dynamic inventory groups can be nested under static groups.
Why this is correct
Group hierarchies can mix static and dynamic groups.
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Each inventory source can be assigned to multiple inventories.
Why it's wrong here
An inventory source belongs to exactly one inventory.
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The inventory source must have a defined credential for authentication to the cloud provider.
Why this is correct
Most dynamic sources require a credential (e.g., AWS, VMware).
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Custom inventory scripts must be placed in the Tower home directory.
Why it's wrong here
Custom scripts can be stored in projects.
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Inventory sources can update automatically on a schedule.
Why this is correct
Sources can be set to update periodically.
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