Implementing and Operating Cisco Enterprise Network Core Technologies (ENCOR) — Question 623

What is a difference between Chef and other automation tools?

Answer options

• A. Chef is an agentless tool that uses playbooks, and Ansible is an agent-based tool that uses cookbooks.
• B. Chef is an agentless tool that uses a primary/minion architecture, and SaltStack is an agent-based tool that uses a primary/secondary architecture
• C. Chef is an agent-based tool that uses cookbooks, and Ansible is an agentless tool that uses playbooks.
• D. Chef uses Domain Specific Language, and Puppet uses Ruby.

Correct answer: C

Explanation

The correct answer is C, as Chef is indeed an agent-based tool that utilizes cookbooks for automation, whereas Ansible is agentless and uses playbooks. Options A and B incorrectly describe the architectures of Chef and Ansible, while D is accurate about the languages used but does not address the comparison between Chef and other automation tools.