What term describes the automated installation method that uses a disk image?

• A. Gold Image
• B. Base Image
• C. Master Image
• D. System Image

Answer: (A)

The concept here is standardized deployment using a pre-configured disk image. A gold image is the pristine, approved disk image that serves as the definitive template for automated installations across many devices. It captures the operating system, patches, drivers, applications, and configured settings, so each endpoint that’s provisioned from it ends up with the same setup. This makes mass deployment fast and ensures consistency and a consistent security posture across all endpoints.

Other terms don’t fit as precisely in this context. A base image is typically a starting point used to build other images, not the final standardized template used for automated deployment. A master image is sometimes used similarly in different environments, but gold image is the recognized term for the ready-to-deploy, replication-friendly template. A system image describes the content of a single machine rather than the standardized template used for mass provisioning.