HashiCorp terraform associate practice test

Question 1

What advantage does an operations team that uses infrastructure as code have?

• A. The ability to delete infrastructure
• B. The ability to reuse best practice configurations and settings
• C. The ability to autoscale a group of servers
• D. The ability to update existing infrastructure

Question 2

As a developer, you want to ensure your plugins are up to date with the latest versions. Which
Terraform command should you use?

• A. terreform providers- upgrade
• B. terreform apply -upgrade
• C. terreform refresh -upgrade
• D. terreformn lnit -upgrade

Question 3

Choose the answer that correctly completes the sentence: _______backends support state locking.

• A. All
• B. No
• C. Only local
• D. Some

Question 4

Which of the following does terraform apply change after you approve the execution plan? Choose
two correct answers.

• A. The execution plan
• B. Terraform code
• C. Cloud infrastructure
• D. State file
• E. The .terraform directory

Question 5

Module version is required to reference a module on the Terraform Module Registry.

• A. True
• B. False

Question 6

What kind of configuration block will create an infrastructure object with settings specified in the
block?

• A. state
• B. provider
• C. resource
• D. data

Question 7

You've used Terraform to deploy a virtual machine and a database. You want to replace this virtual
machine instance with an identical one without affecting the database. What is the best way to
achieve this using Terraform?

• A. Use the Terraform taint command targeting the VMs then run Terraform plan and Terraform apply
• B. Delete the Terraform VM resources from your Terraform code then run Terraform plan and terraform apply
• C. Use the terraform apply command targeting the VM resources only
• D. Use the terraform state rm command to remove the VM from state file

Question 8

You need to specify a dependency manually. What resource meta-parameter can you use lo make
sure Terraform respects thee dependency?
Type your answer in the field provided. The text field is not case-sensitive and all variations of the
correct answer are accepted.

Question 9

terraform validate reports HCL syntax errors.

• A. True
• B. False

Question 10

Which of the following is not a way to trigger terraform destroy ?

• A. Passing ---destroy at the end of apian request
• B. Running terraform destroy from the correct directory and then typing "yes" when prompted in the CLI
• C. Using the destroy command with auto approve
• D. Delete the state file and run terraform apply

Question 11

Using the terraform state rm command against a resource will destroy it.

• A. True
• B. False

Question 12

terraform destroy is the only way to remove infrastructure.
A. True
B. False

Question 13

A Terraform output that sets the ''sensitive'' argument to true will not store that value in the state
file.

• A. True
• B. False

Question 14

Why should secrets not be hard coded into Terraform code? Choose two correct answers

• A. All passwords should be rotated on a quarterly basis.
• B. The Terraform code is copied to the target resources to be applied locally and could expose secrets if a target resource is compromised.
• C. Terraform code is typically stored in version control, as well as copied to the systems from h it's run. Any of those may not have robust security mechanisms.
• D. It makes the code less reusable.

Question 15

Terraform configuration (including any module references) can contain only one Terraform provider
type.

• A. True
• B. False