Practice Terraform-Associate Exam Online

Question 1

A user runs terraform init on their RHEL-based server, and per the output, two provider plugins are downloaded:

$ terraform init

Initializing the backend...

Initializing provider plugins...

- Checking for available provider plugins...

- Downloading plugin for provider "aws" (hashicorp/aws) 2.44.0...

- Downloading plugin for provider "random" (hashicorp/random) 2.2.1...

Terraform has been successfully initialized!

Where are these plugins downloaded and stored on the server?

A : The .terraform.d directory in the current working directory

B : The .terraform/providers directory in the current working directory

C : The .terraform.plugins directory in the current working directory

D : /etc/terraform/plugins

Answer: B

Question 2

When configuring a remote backend in Terraform, it might be a good idea to purposely omit some of the required arguments to ensure secrets and other relevant data are not inadvertently shared with others. What alternatives are available to provide the remaining values to Terraform to initialize and communicate with the remote backend? (select three)

A : use the -backend-config=PATH flag to specify a separate config file

B : directly querying HashiCorp Vault for the secrets

C : command-line key/value pairs

D : interactively on the command line

Answer: A,C,D

Question 3

Which command should you run to check if all code in a Terraform configuration that references multiple modules is properly formatted without making changes?

A : terraform fmt -write-false

B : terraform fmt -list -recursive

C : terraform fmt -check -recursive

D : terraform fmt -check

Answer: C

Question 4

How can you implement and maintain state in Terraform?

A : By using local state files

B : By using remote state files

C : By using environment variables

D : By using Terraform Cloud

Answer: B

Question 5

What does the command terraform fmt do?

A : deletes the existing configuration file

B : formats the state file in order to ensure the latest state of resources can be obtained

C : rewrite Terraform configuration files to a canonical format and style

D : updates the font of the configuration file to the official font supported by HashiCorp

Answer: C

Name:	HashiCorp Certified Terraform Associate (003)
Exam Code:	Terraform-Associate
Certification:	HashiCorp Infrastructure Automation
Vendor:	HashiCorp
Total Questions:	758
Last Updated:	May 10, 2024

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