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Which script paradigm does Puppet use?

The correct answer is D. manifests and modules. Puppet uses 'manifests' to define the desired state of systems and organizes these manifests into reusable 'modules' for structured configuration management.

Submitted by tyler.j· Mar 5, 2026Automation and Programmability

Question

Which script paradigm does Puppet use?

Options

  • Arecipes and cookbooks
  • Bplaybooks and roles
  • Cstrings and marionettes
  • Dmanifests and modules

How the community answered

(26 responses)
  • B
    8% (2)
  • C
    4% (1)
  • D
    88% (23)

Why each option

Puppet uses 'manifests' to define the desired state of systems and organizes these manifests into reusable 'modules' for structured configuration management.

Arecipes and cookbooks

'Recipes' and 'cookbooks' are terms associated with Chef, another configuration management tool.

Bplaybooks and roles

'Playbooks' and 'roles' are terms associated with Ansible, another configuration management tool.

Cstrings and marionettes

'Strings' and 'marionettes' are not standard terminology for any major configuration management scripting paradigm.

Dmanifests and modulesCorrect

Puppet uses 'manifests' to describe the desired state of a system, and these manifests are often organized into 'modules' for reusability and structured management.

Concept tested: Puppet terminology and architecture

Source: https://www.puppet.com/docs/puppet/latest/modules_fundamentals.html

Topics

#Puppet#Configuration Management#IaC

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