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350-401 · Question #814

Drag and Drop Question Drag and drop the characteristics from the left onto the orchestration tool classifications on the right. Answer:

The correct answer is Configuration Management: Immutable Infrastructure; Configuration Management: designed to provision the servers; Orchestration: mutable infrastructure; Orchestration: designed to install and manage software on existing servers. Configuration Management tools (like Terraform, CloudFormation) use immutable infrastructure, meaning servers are replaced rather than modified, and are designed to provision the servers themselves from scratch. Orchestration tools (like Ansible, Chef, Puppet) work with mutable i

Submitted by kevin_r· Mar 6, 2026Cloud Architecture and DevOps - Understanding infrastructure automation tools, distinguishing between configuration management and orchestration, and applying immutable vs. mutable infrastructure concepts (commonly tested in AWS, CompTIA Cloud+, or similar cloud certification exams)

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Drag and Drop Question Drag and drop the characteristics from the left onto the orchestration tool classifications on the right. Answer:

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mutable infrastructureimmutable infrastructuredesigned to provision the serversdesigned to install and manage software on existing servers

Correct arrangement

  • Configuration Management: Immutable Infrastructure
  • Configuration Management: designed to provision the servers
  • Orchestration: mutable infrastructure
  • Orchestration: designed to install and manage software on existing servers

Explanation

Configuration Management tools (like Terraform, CloudFormation) use immutable infrastructure, meaning servers are replaced rather than modified, and are designed to provision the servers themselves from scratch. Orchestration tools (like Ansible, Chef, Puppet) work with mutable infrastructure, meaning they modify existing servers in place, and are designed to install and manage software on already-provisioned servers.

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#Configuration Management#Orchestration#Infrastructure as Code#DevOps Tools

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