RHCE Ansible Inventory Management Quiz

1. Which file stores host variables in a directory-based inventory structure?

Host_vars/hostname

Hosts_vars/hostname

Variables/hostname

Vars/hostname

2. In inventory, the 'ansible_user' variable specifies the ______ for SSH connections.

Username

Password

Port

Hostname

3. What is the purpose of the 'ungrouped' group in Ansible inventory?

Contains hosts not assigned to any specific group

Contains all hosts that failed

Contains temporary hosts

Contains excluded hosts

4. How do you enable an inventory plugin in ansible.cfg?

Enable it in the [inventory] section

Set enable_plugins in [defaults]

Add it to the [plugins] section

Configure it in [inventory_plugins]

5. Which inventory plugin is commonly used for AWS EC2 instances?

Aws_ec2

Amazon_ec2

Ec2_inventory

Aws_instances

6. What does the 'hosts: localhost' directive mean in an inventory?

Tasks run on the Ansible control node

Tasks run only on the first host

Tasks run on all remote hosts

Tasks are skipped

7. In a YAML inventory, how do you define multiple hosts under a group?

Using a list with hyphens

Using comma-separated values

Using nested brackets

Using pipe-separated values

8. Which variable specifies the SSH port for a host in inventory?

Ansible_port

Ansible_ssh_port

Ssh_port

Ansible_connection_port

9. What is the ansible_host variable used for?

To override the default hostname or IP address

To define the Ansible control node

To specify the inventory file location

To set the group name for a host

10. How do you define group variables in a directory-based inventory?

Group_vars/groupname

Groups_vars/groupname

Variables/groupname

Group_variables/groupname

11. Which file format is the default for Ansible static inventory?

INI

YAML

JSON

XML

12. In Ansible, what does the 'all' group represent?

All hosts defined in the inventory

All playbooks in the project

All variables in scope

All tasks in a play

13. How do you specify a custom inventory file location in an Ansible command?

-i or --inventory

-f or --file

-h or --host-file

-inv or --inventory-path

14. What is the default location for Ansible inventory file if not specified?

/etc/ansible/hosts

/var/ansible/inventory

/home/ansible/hosts

/opt/ansible/inventory

15. Which tool can be used to create dynamic inventory from cloud providers?

Inventory plugins

Jinja2 filters

Ansible modules

Playbook variables

16. What is dynamic inventory in Ansible?

Inventory generated at runtime from external sources

Inventory stored only in memory

Inventory updated manually each run

Inventory created during playbook execution

17. In YAML inventory format, how do you define a host group with variables?

Using colons and indentation

Using square brackets

Using curly braces

Using hyphens only

18. Which variable type is specific to an individual host in Ansible inventory?

Group variables

Host variables

Global variables

Play variables

19. What is the purpose of the 'hosts' keyword in an Ansible inventory file?

Define the IP addresses of target machines

List the names or IP addresses of managed nodes

Specify the Ansible control node

Set global variables for all hosts

20. In an INI-style inventory, how do you define a group of hosts?

[group_name]

{group_name}

Group_name: