Ansible Interview Questions and Answer – Part 9

You can add groups inside of groups when:

• You add existing group names under a [groupname:children] definition (Ans)
• You cannot add groups within groups.
• You add existing group names under a [groupname] definition

Which statement describes the best approach to integration testing across system boundaries?

• Create a single Docker container, run both systems inside the container.
• Create a single Docker container for the application, and run the other system on your local machine.
• Create a single Docker container for the application, and run the other system in the cloud.
• Create a Docker container for each system. (Ans)

What does the .PHONY directive in a Makefile do?

• Ignores files of the same name as the task
• Ensures make tasks always run
• Provides high-level declaration of all of the make tasks you want to execute
• All of these (Ans)

What is the effect of the docker-compose pull command?

• It forces the download of any external image referenced by the image configuration option in each service.
• It downloads any external image referenced by the image configuration option in each service, but only if a more up-to-date version exists. (Ans)
• It downloads all external images, including parent images of services built dynamically, but only if a more up-to-date version exists.
• It forces the download of all external images, including parent images of services built dynamically.

How do you configure an EC2 Instance to join an EC2 Container Service Cluster?

• Add an entry to the ecs.config file on the EC2 Container Service (Ans)
• Run an Ansible playbook
• SSH to the instance and run an ECS init script
• Configure this via the EC2 Container Service dashboard

How can you use your own custom modules in Ansible playbooks?

• Place the modules in a folder called library next to your playbook(s). (Ans)
• Place the modules in a folder called /etc/ansible/roles on your system.
• You can’t do this.
• Fork the Ansible project and add your modules to the appropriate location in the Ansible source.

Which of the following is a type of Python-built distribution?

• TAR file
• Gzip archive
• Wheel (Ans)
• Package

In a Docker-based workflow, how do you ensure the release image has the most up-to-date application artifacts?

• Run docker-compose up.
• Create a new service that ensures the artifacts are up to date.
• You don’t need to worry about this, it automatically happens.
• Run docker-compose build. (Ans)

Which statement is true about acceptance testing?

• Acceptance tests are always defined in an Excel spreadsheet.
• You can use a separate project and different language to write your acceptance tests. (Ans)
• You must always place your acceptance tests in the same project as your application.
• You should never automate acceptance tests.

Which statement best describes acceptance testing?

• Externally focused testing (Ans)
• Internally focused testing that may test across system boundaries
• Internally focused testing that never tests across class boundaries
• Internally focused testing that never tests across system boundaries

What are the four stages of the continuous delivery workflow?

• Develop, Test, Refactor, Deploy
• Compile, Build, Package, Deploy
• Compile, Test, Build, Release
• Test, Build, Release, Deploy (Ans)

Which type of testing would you NOT typically perform during the release stage?

• Performance Testing
• Security Testing
• Acceptance Testing
• Unit and Integration Testing (Ans) Which of the following represents the highest level of automation in the continuous delivery workflow?
• docker commands
• docker-compose commands
• make commands (Ans)
• Dockerfile directives

What format is used for Jenkins Pipeline scripts?

• YAML
• JSON
• Groovy (Ans)
• JavaScript

When considering the test and build stages, when should you download application dependencies?

• Never
• Once, at the beginning of the test stage (Ans)
• Once, at the beginning of each stage
• Whenever dependencies are required

How can you capture module and task output in Ansible playbooks?

• Use the register action. (Ans)
• Use the set_fact action.
• Use the with_items action.
• You can’t do this.

Which statement best describes integration testing?

• Internally focused testing that may test across system boundaries (Ans)
• Internally focused testing that never tests across class boundaries
• Internally focused testing that never tests across system boundaries
• Externally focused testing

When would you want to capture test reports?

• On success or failure (Ans)
• Never
• Only on failure
• Only on success

What is the most effective way to install the latest version of Ansible?

• From the latest source
• Using your operating system package manager
• Using Python’s package manager called PIP (Ans)
• Download from Ansible

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