Drag and Drop Question Drag and drop the characteristics from the left onto the orchestration tools that they describe on the right. Answer:

The correct answer is declarative; uses Ruby; procedural; uses Python; declarative. The correct arrangement maps characteristics to their respective orchestration tools: Terraform is declarative (you define the desired end state), Chef uses Ruby for its recipes and cookbooks and is procedural (you define step-by-step instructions), Ansible uses Python and is dec

Submitted by carter_n· Mar 6, 2026Automation and Orchestration Tools - understanding the key characteristics, languages, and paradigms (declarative vs. procedural) of common IaC and configuration management tools such as Terraform, Ansible, and Chef.

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The correct arrangement maps characteristics to their respective orchestration tools: Terraform is declarative (you define the desired end state), Chef uses Ruby for its recipes and cookbooks and is procedural (you define step-by-step instructions), Ansible uses Python and is declarative (you define the desired state in YAML playbooks). Understanding the programming paradigm (declarative vs. procedural) and the underlying language of each IaC tool is essential for distinguishing between them on certification exams.

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