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Here are some common Ansible Interview Questions which you might be asked during an interview for a junior DevOps engineer.

Question 1

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Which of the following commands will install Ansible on Ubuntu?

sudo apt install ansible-master

sudo apt install ansible

sudo apt install ansible-controller

sudo apt install ansible-server

Question 2

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Which command will you use to check your Ansible version?

ansible v

ansible-ctl --version

ansible --version

ansiblectl v

Question 3

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The default location of the ansible.cfg file is:

/etc/ansible/ansible.cfg

/etc/ansible.cfg

/etc/ansible/ansible.conf

/home/ansible/ansible.cfg

Question 4

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The default Ansible inventory file is located at:

/home/ansible/hosts

/home/ansible/inventory

/etc/ansible/inventory

/etc/ansible/hosts

Question 5

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With Ansible you can only use SSH key as it does not work with SSH password.

true

false

Question 6

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You can also get the Ansible documentation directly via your terminal by using:

ansible -d

ansible-doc

ansible --doc

ansible-documentation

Question 7

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What language is an Ansible playbooks are written in by default?

XML format

YAML format

JSON format

HTML format

Question 8

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Ansible is an open-source agentless automation tool that enables you to easily configure and deploy systems.

true

false

Question 9

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What are Ansible ad-hoc commands?

Ansible ad-hoc commands are commands which helps you execute simple tasks without the need of creating playbooks

Ansible ad-hoc commands are also known as Ansible playbooks

Question 10

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Which argument do you need to specify in order to run a specific Ansible module?

-ml

--modules

-m

--ansible-module

Question 11

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What does the Ansible setup module do?

It shows you the information that the Ansible master server has about a host

It helps you setup Ansible on the master server

It helps you install Ansible on all of your servers

It sets up the connection between the master and the worker nodes

Question 12

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Which Ansible command will you use to install Apache on Ubuntu host?

ansible your_host_name_here -b -m wget -a "name=apache2 state=latest"

ansible your_host_name_here -b -m apt -a "name=apache2 state=latest"

ansible your_host_name_here -b -m yum -a "name=apache2 state=latest"

ansible your_host_name_here apt install "name=apache2 state=latest"

Question 13

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The -b flag in an Ansible ad-hoc command indicates that the command should be executed with sudo privileges.

false

true

Question 14

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Which command will you use to run a playbook called install.yaml with Ansible?

ansible --playbook install.yml

ansible-playbook install.yml

ansible install.yml

ansible -p install.yml

Question 15

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Which argument will you use to specify a variable for your Ansible playbook?

-c

-v

-e

-a

Question 16

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Ansible playbooks are the basis for a really simple configuration management and multi-machine deployment system, unlike any that already exist, and one that is very well suited to deploying complex applications.

false

true

Question 17

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What does 'become: yes' mean in Ansible playbooks?

It means that the worker node should become a manager node

It means that the command must be retried until it succeeds

It means that the service needs to be started once installed

It means that we would run all commands as root

Question 18

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What is the Ansible setup module used for?

Setup ansible on a master host

Gathers facts about remote hosts

Setup Ansible on remote hosts

Setup your SSH keys

Question 19

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Which command would you use to gather facts with Ansible?

ansible your_server -m info

ansible your_server -m gather

ansible your_server -m setup

ansible your_server -m fact

Question 20

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Which command would you use to get the hostname of a remote host with Ansible

ansible your_server -m setup -a filter=*hostname*

ansible your_server -m setup -a field=*hostname*

ansible your_server -m setup -a get=*hostname*

ansible your_server -m env -a filter=*hostname*

Question 21

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Which of the following values would give you the hostname of the remote host in your Ansible Playbook?

"{{ server_hostname }}"

"{{ ansible_hostname }}"

"{{ hostname }}"

"{{ host }}"

Question 22

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What do you need to specify in your Ansible playbook to stop gathering facts?

facts: no

facts_gathering: no

gather: no

gather_facts: no

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