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350-401 · Question #792

Drag and Drop Question Drag and drop the tools from the left onto the agent types on the right. Answer:

The correct answer is Agentless: Ansible; Agentless: Terraform; Agent-Based: Chef. Ansible and Terraform are agentless tools, meaning they do not require any software to be pre-installed on the managed/target nodes - Ansible uses SSH/WinRM to connect and execute tasks, while Terraform communicates directly with cloud provider APIs. Chef, by contrast, is agent-b

Submitted by yasin.bd· Mar 6, 2026Automation and Configuration Management - understanding the operational differences between agent-based and agentless infrastructure automation tools (commonly tested in CompTIA DevOps+, AWS DevOps Engineer, or similar certifications).

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Drag and Drop Question Drag and drop the tools from the left onto the agent types on the right. Answer:

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350-401 question #792 exhibit

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AnsibleTerraformChef

Correct arrangement

  • Agentless: Ansible
  • Agentless: Terraform
  • Agent-Based: Chef

Explanation

Ansible and Terraform are agentless tools, meaning they do not require any software to be pre-installed on the managed/target nodes - Ansible uses SSH/WinRM to connect and execute tasks, while Terraform communicates directly with cloud provider APIs. Chef, by contrast, is agent-based, requiring the Chef client (agent) to be installed on each managed node, which then pulls configuration from the Chef server and applies it locally.

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#Configuration Management#Infrastructure as Code#DevOps Tooling#Agent vs Agentless Architecture

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