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Manage task execution and roles questions

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Question 1easymultiple choice
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A systems administrator needs to run a playbook that installs packages on a group of managed nodes. The playbook should run only on nodes that are part of the 'web_servers' group in the inventory. Which approach is best practice?

Question 2mediummultiple choice
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A team is writing an Ansible role to configure a web server. They want to include default variables that can be easily overridden by playbook variables. Which directory and file should they use to define these variables?

Question 3hardmultiple choice
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During a playbook execution, a task that uses the 'ansible.builtin.copy' module fails with 'Permission denied' on a remote host. The playbook runs as user 'ansible' which is a sudoer without password. Which of the following is the most likely cause and solution?

Question 4mediummulti select
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Which TWO statements about Ansible roles are true?

Question 5hardmulti select
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Which THREE are valid methods to control task execution in Ansible?

Question 6mediummultiple choice
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Refer to the exhibit. The playbook runs successfully. What will the debug task output?

Exhibit

Refer to the exhibit.

```yaml
---
- hosts: all
  tasks:
    - name: Create user
      ansible.builtin.user:
        name: jdoe
        state: present
      register: user_result

    - name: Show user info
      ansible.builtin.debug:
        var: user_result
```
Question 7hardmultiple choice
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Refer to the exhibit. The playbook uses the 'yum' module to install 'httpd' on a RHEL 8 system. Which of the following is the most likely cause of the failure?

Exhibit

Refer to the exhibit.

```
TASK [Gathering Facts] *********************************************************
ok: [server1.example.com]

TASK [role1 : Install package] *************************************************
fatal: [server1.example.com]: FAILED! => {"changed": false, "msg": "No package matching 'httpd' found available, tried all mirrors", "rc": 126, "results": []}
```
Question 8easymultiple choice
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An Ansible playbook needs to ensure a service is enabled and running on boot. Which combination of parameters should be used with the 'systemd' module?

Question 9easymultiple choice
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Which best practice should be followed when using Ansible to manage task execution across multiple hosts?

Question 10hardmultiple choice
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You are managing a fleet of 50 RHEL 8 servers that host a critical web application. Your Ansible control node runs RHEL 8 with Ansible 2.9. The application requires a specific package 'app-pkg' that is only available from a private YUM repository. The repository is configured on each server via a role 'repo_config'. Recently, after a security update, the repository GPG key was changed. Now, when you run the playbook to install 'app-pkg' on all servers, it fails on some servers with the error: "GPG check FAILED: key ID mismatch". On other servers, the installation succeeds. All servers have the same OS version and are configured identically via the same role. The playbook uses the 'yum' module with 'state: present'. You verify that the GPG key file on the control node is the correct new key and that the role copies it to the servers. What is the most likely cause and the best course of action?

Question 11mediummulti select
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Which TWO statements about Ansible roles are correct?

Question 12hardmultiple choice
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What is the most likely cause of the failure?

Exhibit

Refer to the exhibit.

```yaml
- name: Deploy web server
  hosts: webservers
  roles:
    - common
    - nginx
```

And the output of `ansible-playbook site.yml --check` shows:

```
PLAY [Deploy web server] *************************
TASK [common : include_vars] *********************
ok: [web1]
TASK [nginx : install nginx] *********************
fatal: [web1]: FAILED! => {"msg": "The task includes an option with an undefined variable. The error was: 'nginx_version' is undefined"}
```
Question 13easymultiple choice
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You are managing a web application deployment using Ansible. The application requires a specific version of a library (libapp) to be installed on all web servers. Your current playbook uses the role 'web' which includes a task to install libapp version 1.2. However, after a recent update, the role's defaults now specify libapp version 2.0, but you must keep version 1.2 for compatibility. You have defined a variable 'lib_version' in the playbook's vars section with value '1.2'. The role's task uses the variable 'libapp_version' (not 'lib_version'). The play fails because 'libapp_version' is undefined. What is the best way to resolve this issue without modifying the role?

Question 14mediumdrag order
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Drag and drop the steps to configure a logical volume (LV) using LVM on a new disk in the correct order.

Drag steps to the numbered slots on the right, or tap a step then tap a slot.

Steps
Order
1Step 1
2Step 2
3Step 3
4Step 4
5Step 5
Question 15mediummatching
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Match each systemd unit type to its description.

Drag a concept onto its matching description — or click a concept then click the description.

Concepts
Matches

Background daemon or process

IPC or network socket

Time-based activation

Filesystem mount point

Group of units for synchronization

Question 16mediummultiple choice
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An Ansible playbook includes multiple roles. The administrator wants to ensure that a specific role's tasks are executed before any other roles, even if the roles are listed in a different order in the playbook. Which approach should be used?

Question 17hardmultiple choice
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A developer wants to reuse a set of tasks that conditionally include other task files based on variables defined per host. Which method should be used to ensure the included tasks are evaluated per host at runtime?

Question 18easymultiple choice
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In an Ansible playbook, the 'strategy' parameter is set to 'free'. What behavior does this strategy produce?

Question 19mediummultiple choice
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A playbook uses roles with default variables. The administrator needs to override a default variable for a specific role only when that role is used. Which method should be used?

Question 20hardmultiple choice
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An Ansible playbook fails intermittently due to a service not starting in time. The administrator wants to configure a task to retry until the service confirms it is running. Which Ansible feature should be used?

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