01. An automation controller must manage both Linux and Windows servers remotely using operating-system-native management protocols. Which two technologies should the engineer consider?
Please select all that apply. Choose two.
a) A load balancer for shell-session management
b) A route table for operating-system authentication
c) DNS for remote command execution
d) WinRM for the Windows servers
e) SSH for the Linux servers
02. A company manages laptops that frequently operate outside the corporate network. Each laptop periodically contacts a configuration service, retrieves the latest approved policy, and applies any required changes. Which provisioning technique is being used?
Please choose the correct answer.
a) Push provisioning
b) Foreground provisioning
c) Pull provisioning
d) In-place migration
03. Which two responses indicate that a REST API request completed successfully?
Please select all that apply. Choose two.
a) 201 Created
b) 204 No Content
c) 301 Moved Permanently
d) 404 Not Found
e) 503 Service Unavailable
04. Two automation pipelines attempt to update the same infrastructure state at the same time. Each pipeline reads the original state and then writes a different result, causing one update to overwrite the other. Which control would best prevent this issue?
Please choose the correct answer.
a) Disable drift detection during concurrent deployments.
b) Store application logs in a separate directory.
c) Assign a different DNS name to each pipeline.
d) Enable state locking during infrastructure changes.
05. A security team is applying Zero Trust principles to CI pipeline credentials. Which two controls best support this approach?
Please select all that apply. Choose two.
a) Issue short-lived credentials to each pipeline job.
b) Grant every runner permanent administrator credentials.
c) Limit each job identity to the paths and operations it requires.
d) Share one static token among all development teams.
e) Disable credential revocation during active releases.
06. Which Git command records the currently staged changes as a new snapshot in the local repository?
Please choose the correct answer.
a) git add
b) git commit
c) git fetch
d) git push
07. A configuration-management workflow is deploying an internal HTTPS application. The application must present a trusted identity and accept management traffic only from the automation subnet.
Which two workload configurations should the workflow apply?
Please select all that apply. Choose two.
a) Install a certificate that contains the application’s expected DNS identity.
b) Permit management access from every network to simplify deployment.
c) Replace HTTPS with unencrypted HTTP on the management interface.
d) Apply an ACL that permits the required source subnet and management port.
e) Configure a default route that sends all traffic to the application host.
08. During one reporting period, a service experiences six repairable incidents. The total time required to restore service across all six incidents is 180 minutes. What is the mean time to repair?
Please choose the correct answer.
a) 30 minutes
b) 60 minutes
c) 180 minutes
d) 1,080 minutes
09. An application log uses the following format:
2026-07-14T04:10:01Z INFO api-01 request_completed
2026-07-14T04:10:03Z ERROR worker-02 job_timeout
2026-07-14T04:10:05Z ERROR db-01 connection_failed
An engineer must output only these values:
worker-02 job_timeout
db-01 connection_failed
Which two commands should be used in sequence?
Please select all that apply. Choose two.
a) grep -E ' INFO | ERROR ' application.log
b) grep -E '^[^ ]+ ERROR ' application.log
c) sed -E 's/^[^ ]+ ERROR //'
d) sed -E 's/ ERROR / INFO /'
e) jq -r '.ERROR[].message' application.log
10. Which statement best distinguishes a service-level objective from a service-level agreement?
Please choose the correct answer.
a) An SLO defines user identities, while an SLA assigns provider permissions.
b) An SLO is a deployment method, while an SLA is a testing technique.
c) An SLO measures source quality, while an SLA records artifact versions.
d) An SLO is a performance target, while an SLA is a formal service commitment.