6D

Question 1

___ ___ is the process for maintaining computer systems, servers, and software in a reliable, consistent state. It’s a way to make sure that a system continues to perform as expected while changes are made over time.

Answer 1

Configuration management

Question 2

____ can lead to poor performance, inconsistencies, and noncompliance which can negatively impact business operations and security.

Answer 2

Misconfigurations

Question 3

When undocumented changes occur across many systems and applications, instability and downtime are the result. Even ___ ___ can add, remove, or completely change the functionality of a system. It’s necessary to maintain the baseline to be able to revert the system if necessary.

Answer 3

authorized modifications

Question 4

But without a documentation, maintenance, and change control process, system administrators will be unaware of…?

Answer 4

changes that occur

Question 5

The ____ alone should enable you to restore the most recent functional system settings.

Answer 5

documentation

Question 6

Proper configuration management tools include:

Answer 6

• Classifying and managing systems by groups and subgroups.
• Centrally modifying base configurations.
• Rolling out new settings to all applicable systems.
• Automating system identification, patches, and updates.
• Identifying outdated, poorly performing, and noncompliant configurations.
• Prioritizing actions.
• Accessing and applying prescriptive remediation

Question 7

Configuration management of systems lets you consistently ___ ___ ___, as well as build and maintain those systems according to your baseline.

Answer 7

define system settings

Question 8

There are three beneficial outcomes of well-implemented configuration management:

Answer 8

Benefit 1: Disaster Recovery
Benefit 2: Uptime and Site Reliability
Benefit 3: Scalability

Question 9

The following describes which benefit of configuration management?

In the event of a disaster, configuration management ensures that assets are easily recoverable. The same applies to rollbacks. Configuration management makes it easy to roll back to the previous
configuration that worked!

Answer 9

Benefit 1: Disaster Recovery

Question 10

The following describes which benefit of configuration management?

The term site reliability refers to service availability. It is important to keep in mind that users are dependent on the operational status of a system/network, and if contracts are involved, downtime may cause great financial loss to the company. Any causes of downtime must be investigated and remediated.

Answer 10

Benefit 2: Uptime and Site Reliability

Question 11

The following describes which benefit of configuration management?

Provisioning is the act of adding more resources (usually servers) to running applications. Configuration management ensures knowledge of the state of all services. That way, when it’s necessary to increase the number of servers, it’s simply a case of clicking a button or running a script. The goal is really to make provisioning a non-event.

Answer 11

Benefit 3: Scalability