Ansible Playbook Development for RHCE

1. Which filter converts a string to uppercase in Ansible templates?

Upper

Uppercase

Toupper

Upcase

2. What does the 'block' keyword allow you to do in Ansible playbooks?

Group tasks together and apply common directives

Prevent task execution

Create nested loops

Define local variables only

3. Which Ansible feature allows you to store sensitive data securely?

Vars_encrypted

Ansible-vault

Secure_vars

Encrypted_files

4. What does 'become' do in an Ansible task?

Switches to a different user (often root) to execute the task

Becomes the task conditional

Enables debug mode

Connects to a backup server

5. How do you check if a variable is defined before using it?

When: var is defined

When: defined(var)

If var exists

When: var != null

6. In Ansible, a role's directory structure requires a ______ folder containing task definitions.

Tasks

Handlers

Templates

Files

7. How do you run a playbook with extra variables from the command line?

Ansible-playbook site.yml --var var=value

Ansible-playbook site.yml -e 'var=value'

Ansible-playbook site.yml --extra var=value

Ansible-playbook site.yml -x var=value

8. What is the difference between 'import_tasks' and 'include_tasks'?

No difference; they are aliases

Import_tasks is static; include_tasks is dynamic

Import_tasks is for roles only

Include_tasks is deprecated

9. What does the 'changed_when' directive control?

When a task is skipped

Whether a task reports as changed

When handlers are triggered

Task retry behavior

10. Which variable scope has the highest precedence in Ansible?

Play variables

Host variables

Extra variables passed with -e

Default variables

11. Which directive registers task output into a variable?

Save

Store

Register

Capture

12. In Ansible, what is the purpose of a handler?

Handle errors and exceptions

Execute tasks triggered by notify when a task changes state

Manage SSH connections

Validate playbook syntax

13. Which module is used to execute shell commands on remote hosts?

Command

Shell

Exec

Run

14. How do you define a list variable in YAML?

Mylist = [item1, item2]

Mylist: [item1, item2] or mylist:\n - item1\n - item2

List mylist (item1, item2)

Array mylist: item1, item2

15. What is the correct YAML syntax for defining a variable at the playbook level?

Vars: myvar=value

Vars:\n myvar: value

Variables:\n myvar: value

Define myvar: value

16. What does the 'failed_when' directive do?

Defines conditions when a task fails

Retries failed tasks automatically

Logs failures to a file

Stops playbook execution on any error

17. How do you include a task file conditionally in a playbook?

Include_tasks with when directive

Import_tasks only

Conditional_include

Task_if statement

18. Which statement correctly uses the 'loop' directive in Ansible?

Loop: item in list

Loop: {{ list }}

Loop: [item1, item2, item3]

For loop in list

19. What is the purpose of 'vars_files' in a playbook?

Load variables from external YAML files

Define variables in a separate task

Store encrypted variables

Cache variable values

20. What is the primary benefit of using Ansible roles?

Increase playbook execution speed

Organize code into reusable, modular components

Reduce memory usage on control nodes

Eliminate the need for variables

RHCE Ansible Playbook Development Quiz