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1. You write a new Terraform configuration and immediately run terraform apply in the CLI using the local backend.

Why will the apply fail?

Terraform needs you to format your code according to best practices first

Terraform needs to install the necessary plugins first

The Terraform CLI needs you to log into Terraform cloud first

Terraform requires you to manually run terraform plan first

2. CORRECT TEXT

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What is the name of the default file where Terraform stores the state?

Type your answer in the field provided. The text field is not case-sensitive and all variations of the correct answer are accepted.

3. Terraform providers are always installed from the Internet.

True

False

4. Module variable assignments are inherited from the parent module and do not need to be explicitly set.

True

False

5. Which argument(s) is (are) required when declaring a Terraform variable?

type

default

description

All of the above

None of the above

6. What type of block is used to construct a collection of nested configuration blocks?

for_each

repeated

nesting

dynamic

7. How is terraform import run?

As a part of terraform init

As a part of terraform plan

As a part of terraform refresh

By an explicit call

All of the above

8. What is not processed when running a terraform refresh?

State file

Configuration file

Credentials

Cloud provider

9. One remote backend configuration always maps to a single remote workspace.

True

False

10. Which backend does the Terraform CLI use by default?

Terraform Cloud

Consul

Remote

Local

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11. You have recently started a new job at a retailer as an engineer. As part of this new role, you have been tasked with evaluating multiple outages that occurred during peak shopping time during the holiday season. Your investigation found that the team is manually deploying new compute instances and configuring each compute instance manually. This has led to inconsistent configuration between each compute instance.

How would you solve this using infrastructure as code?

Implement a ticketing workflow that makes engineers submit a ticket before manually provisioning and configuring a resource

Implement a checklist that engineers can follow when configuring compute instances

Replace the compute instance type with a larger version to reduce the number of required deployments

Implement a provisioning pipeline that deploys infrastructure configurations committed to your version control system following code reviews

12. You have never used Terraform before and would like to test it out using a shared team account for a cloud provider. The shared team account already contains 15 virtual machines (VM). You develop a Terraform configuration containing one VM, perform terraform apply, and see that your VM was created successfully.

What should you do to delete the newly-created VM with Terraform?

The Terraform state file contains all 16 VMs in the team account. Execute terraform destroy and select the newly-created V

The Terraform state file only contains the one new V

Execute terraform destroy.

Delete the Terraform state file and execute Terraform apply.

Delete the VM using the cloud provider console and terraform apply to apply the changes to the Terraform state file.

13. When running the command terraform taint against a managed resource you want to force recreation upon, Terraform will immediately destroy and recreate the resource.

True

False

14. You have declared a variable called var.list which is a list of objects that all have an attribute id.

Which options will produce a list of the IDs? (Choose two.)

{ for o in var.list: o => o.id }

var.list[*].id

[ var.list[*].id ]

[ for o in var.list: o.id ]

15. Which provisioner invokes a process on the resource created by Terraform?

remote-exec

null-exec

local-exec

file

16. Which of the following is not a key principle of infrastructure as code?

Versioned infrastructure

Golden images

Idempotence

Self-describing infrastructure

17. Terraform variables and outputs that set the "description" argument will store that description in the state file.

True

False

18. Terraform can import modules from a number of sources C which of the following is not a valid source?

FTP server

GitHub repository

Local path

Terraform Module Registry

19. What features does the hosted service Terraform Cloud provide? (Choose two.)

Automated infrastructure deployment visualization

Automatic backups

Remote state storage

A web-based user interface (UI)

20. How is the Terraform remote backend different than other state backends such as S3, Consul, etc.?

It can execute Terraform runs on dedicated infrastructure on premises or in Terraform Cloud

It doesn't show the output of a terraform apply locally

It is only available to paying customers

All of the above

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21. You would like to reuse the same Terraform configuration for your development and production environments with a different state file for each.

Which command would you use?

terraform import

terraform workspace

terraform state

terraform init

22. What features stops multiple admins from changing the Terraform state at the same time?

Version control

Backend types

Provider constraints

State locking

23. Terraform provisioners can be added to any resource block.

True

False

24. You run a local-exec provisioner in a null resource called null_resource.run_script and realize that you need to rerun the script.

Which of the following commands would you use first?

terraform taint null_resource.run_script

terraform apply -target=null_resource.run_script

terraform validate null_resource.run_script

terraform plan -target=null_resource.run_script

25. Only the user that generated a plan may apply it.

True

False

26. Which of the following is the correct way to pass the value in the variable num_servers into a module with the input servers?

servers = num_servers

servers = variable.num_servers

servers = var(num_servers)

servers = var.num_servers

27. Which option can not be used to keep secrets out of Terraform configuration files?

A Terraform provider

Environment variables

A -var flag

secure string

28. When using a module block to reference a module stored on the public Terraform Module Registry such as:

How do you specify version 1.0.0?

Modules stored on the public Terraform Module Registry do not support versioning

Append ?ref=v1.0.0 argument to the source path

Add version = "1.0.0" attribute to module block

Nothing C modules stored on the public Terraform Module Registry always default to version 1.0.0

29. terraform validate validates the syntax of Terraform files.

True

False

30. In contrast to Terraform Open Source, when working with Terraform Enterprise and Cloud Workspaces, conceptually you could think about them as completely separate working directories.

True

False

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31. Which of the following is not an action performed by terraform init?

Create a sample main.tf file

Initialize a configured backend

Retrieve the source code for all referenced modules

Load required provider plugins

32. You have provisioned some virtual machines (VMs) on Google Cloud Platform (GCP) using the gcloud command line tool. However, you are standardizing with Terraform and want to manage these VMs using Terraform instead.

What are the two things you must do to achieve this? (Choose two.)

Provision new VMs using Terraform with the same VM names

Use the terraform import command for the existing VMs

Write Terraform configuration for the existing VMs

Run the terraform import-gcp command

33. Which of the following is not a valid Terraform collection type?

list

map

tree

set

34. What value does the Terraform Cloud/Terraform Enterprise private module registry provide over the public Terraform Module Registry?

The ability to share modules with public Terraform users and members of Terraform Enterprise Organizations

The ability to tag modules by version or release

The ability to restrict modules to members of Terraform Cloud or Enterprise organizations

The ability to share modules publicly with any user of Terraform

35. Terraform can run on Windows or Linux, but it requires a Server version of the Windows operating system.

True

False

36. You need to constrain the GitHub provider to version 2.1 or greater.

Which of the following should you put into the Terraform 0.12 configuration’s provider block?

version >= 2.1

version ~> 2.1

version = “<= 2.1”

version = “>= 2.1”

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Which flag would you add to terraform plan to save the execution plan to a file?

Type your answer in the field provided. The text field is not case-sensitive and all variations of the correct answer are accepted.

38. Where does the Terraform local backend store its state?

In the /tmp directory

In the terraform.tfvars file

In the terraform.tfstate file

In the user's .terraformrc file

39. How would you reference the "name" value of the second instance of this fictitious resource?

element(aws_instance.web, 2)

aws_instance.web[1].name

aws_instance.web[1]

aws_instance.web[2].name

aws_instance.web.*.name

40. What does the default "local" Terraform backend store?

tfplan files

Terraform binary

Provider plugins

State file

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41. Your DevOps team is currently using the local backend for your Terraform configuration. You would like to move to a remote backend to begin storing the state file in a central location.

Which of the following backends would not work?

Amazon S3

Artifactory

Git

Terraform Cloud

42. You have used Terraform to create an ephemeral development environment in the cloud and are now ready to destroy all the infrastructure described by your Terraform configuration. To be safe, you would like to first see all the infrastructure that will be deleted by Terraform.

Which command should you use to show all of the resources that will be deleted? (Choose two.)

Run terraform plan -destroy.

This is not possible. You can only show resources that will be created.

Run terraform state rm *.

Run terraform destroy and it will first output all the resources that will be deleted before prompting for approval.

43. 1.If a module declares a variable with a default, that variable must also be defined within the module.

True

False

44. All standard backend types support state storage, locking, and remote operations like plan.

apply and destroy.

True

False

45. What command does Terraform require the first time you run it within a configuration directory?

terraform import

terraform init

terraform plan

terraform workspace

46. You have deployed a new webapp with a public IP address on a clod provider. However, you did not create any outputs for your code.

What is the best method to quickly find the IP address of the resource you deployed?

Run terraform output ip_address to view the result

In a new folder, use the terraform_remote_state data source to load in the state file, then write an output for each resource that you find the state file

Run terraform state list to find the name of the resource, then terraform state show to find the attributes including public IP address

Run terraform destroy then terraform apply and look for the IP address in stdout

47. When using Terraform to deploy resources into Azure, which scenarios are true regarding state files? (Choose two.)

When a change is made to the resources via the Azure Cloud Console, the changes are recorded in a new state file

When a change is made to the resources via the Azure Cloud Console, Terraform will update the state file to reflect them during the next plan or apply

When a change is made to the resources via the Azure Cloud Console, the current state file will not be updated

When a change is made to the resources via the Azure Cloud Console, the changes are recorded in the current state file

48. What is the provider for this fictitious resource?

vpc

main

aws

test

49. Terraform and Terraform providers must use the same major version number in a single configuration.

True

False

50. The terraform.tfstate file always matches your currently built infrastructure.

True

False

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51. terraform init initializes a sample main.tf file in the current directory.

True

False

52. Which two steps are required to provision new infrastructure in the Terraform workflow? (Choose two.)

Destroy

Apply

Import

Init

Validate

53. A fellow developer on your team is asking for some help in refactoring their Terraform code. As part of their application’s architecture, they are going to tear down an existing deployment managed by Terraform and deploy new. However, there is a server resource named aws_instance.ubuntu[1] they would like to keep to perform some additional analysis.

What command should be used to tell Terraform to no longer manage the resource?

terraform apply rm aws_instance.ubuntu[1]

terraform state rm aws_instance.ubuntu[1]

terraform plan rm aws_instance.ubuntu[1]

terraform delete aws_instance.ubuntu[1]

54. If you manually destroy infrastructure, what is the best practice reflecting this change in Terraform?

Run terraform refresh

It will happen automatically

Manually update the state fire

Run terraform import

55. You have a simple Terraform configuration containing one virtual machine (VM) in a cloud provider. You run terraform apply and the VM is created successfully.

What will happen if you delete the VM using the cloud provider console, and run terraform apply again without changing any Terraform code?

Terraform will remove the VM from state file

Terraform will report an error

Terraform will not make any changes

Terraform will recreate the VM

56. You’re building a CI/CD (continuous integration/ continuous delivery) pipeline and need to inject sensitive variables into your Terraform run.

How can you do this safely?

Pass variables to Terraform with a Cvar flag

Copy the sensitive variables into your Terraform code

Store the sensitive variables in a secure_vars.tf file

Store the sensitive variables as plain text in a source code repository

57. You need to deploy resources into two different cloud regions in the same Terraform configuration.

To do that, you declare multiple provider configurations as follows:

What meta-argument do you need to configure in a resource block to deploy the resource to the “us-west-2” AWS region?

alias = west

provider = west

provider = aws.west

alias = aws.west

58. Terraform can only manage resource dependencies if you set them explicitly with the depends_on argument.

True

False

59. When does terraform apply reflect changes in the cloud environment?

Immediately

However long it takes the resource provider to fulfill the request

After updating the state file

Based on the value provided to the -refresh command line argument

None of the above

60. Terraform requires the Go runtime as a prerequisite for installation.

True

False

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61. What is the workflow for deploying new infrastructure with Terraform?

terraform plan to import the current infrastructure to the state file, make code changes, and terraform apply to update the infrastructure

Write a Terraform configuration, run terraform show to view proposed changes, and terraform apply to create new infrastructure.

terraform plan to import the current infrastructure to the state file, make code changes, and terraform apply to update the infrastructure

Write a Terraform configuration, run terraform init, run terraform plan to view planned infrastructure changes, and terraform apply to create new infrastructure.

62. You want to know from which paths Terraform is loading providers referenced in your Terraform configuration (files). You need to enable debug messages to find this out.

Which of the following would achieve this?

Set the environment variable TF_LOG=TRACE

Set verbose logging for each provider in your Terraform configuration

Set the environment variable TF_VAR_log=TRACE

Set the environment variable TF_LOG_PATH

63. When should you use the force-unlock command?

You see a status message that you cannot acquire the lock

You have a high priority change

Automatic unlocking failed

Your apply failed due to a state lock

64. A provider configuration block is required in every Terraform configuration.

Example:

True

False

65. Which of these options is the most secure place to store secrets foe connecting to a Terraform remote backend?

Defined in Environment variables

Inside the backend block within the Terraform configuration

Defined in a connection configuration outside of Terraform

None of above

66. Which statement describes a goal of infrastructure as code?

An abstraction from vendor specific APIs

Write once, run anywhere

A pipeline process to test and deliver software

The programmatic configuration of resources

67. HashiCorp Configuration Language (HCL) supports user-defined functions.

True

False

68. Which of these is the best practice to protect sensitive values in state files?

Blockchain

Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)

Enhanced remote backends

Signed Terraform providers

69. A Terraform provider is not responsible for:

Understanding API interactions with some service

Provisioning infrastructure in multiple clouds

Exposing resources and data sources based on an API

Managing actions to take based on resource differences

70. Where in your Terraform configuration do you specify a state backend?

The terraform block

The resource block

The provider block

The datasource block

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71. When you initialize Terraform, where does it cache modules from the public Terraform Module Registry?

On disk in the /tmp directory

In memory

On disk in the .terraform sub-directory

They are not cached

72. Which of the following is not true of Terraform providers?

Providers can be written by individuals

Providers can be maintained by a community of users

Some providers are maintained by HashiCorp

Major cloud vendors and non-cloud vendors can write, maintain, or collaborate on Terraform providers

None of the above

73. What is the name assigned by Terraform to reference this resource?

compute_instance

main

google

test

74. What information does the public Terraform Module Registry automatically expose about published modules?

Required input variables

Optional inputs variables and default values

Outputs

All of the above

None of the above

75. A Terraform provisioner must be nested inside a resource configuration block.

True

False

76. Your security team scanned some Terraform workspaces and found secrets stored in a plaintext in state files.

How can you protect sensitive data stored in Terraform state files?

Delete the state file every time you run Terraform

Store the state in an encrypted backend

Edit your state file to scrub out the sensitive data

Always store your secrets in a secrets.tfvars file.

77. Which of the following is available only in Terraform Enterprise or Cloud workspaces and not in Terraform CLI?

Secure variable storage

Support for multiple cloud providers

Dry runs with terraform plan

Using the workspace as a data source

78. How can you trigger a run in a Terraform Cloud workspace that is connected to a Version Control System (VCS) repository?

Only Terraform Cloud organization owners can set workspace variables on VCS connected workspaces

Commit a change to the VCS working directory and branch that the Terraform Cloud workspace is connected to

Only members of a VCS organization can open a pull request against repositories that are connected to Terraform Cloud workspaces

Only Terraform Cloud organization owners can approve plans in VCS connected workspaces

79. If writing Terraform code that adheres to the Terraform style conventions, how would you properly indent each nesting level compared to the one above it?

With four spaces

With a tab

With three spaces

With two spaces

80. What is the name assigned by Terraform to reference this resource?

dev

azurerm_resource_group

azurerm

test

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81. In Terraform 0.13 and above, outside of the required_providers block, Terraform configurations always refer to providers by their local names.

True

False

82. Why would you use the terraform taint command?

When you want to force Terraform to destroy a resource on the next apply

When you want to force Terraform to destroy and recreate a resource on the next apply

When you want Terraform to ignore a resource on the next apply

When you want Terraform to destroy all the infrastructure in your workspace

83. Setting the TF_LOG environment variable to DEBUG causes debug messages to be logged into syslog.

True

False

84. CORRECT TEXT

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You need to specify a dependency manually.

What resource meta-parameter can you use to make sure Terraform respects the dependency?

Type your answer in the field provided. The text field is not case-sensitive and all variations of the correct answer are accepted.

85. Which task does terraform init not perform?

Sources all providers present in the configuration and ensures they are downloaded and available locally

Connects to the backend

Sources any modules and copies the configuration locally

Validates all required variables are present

86. You have declared an input variable called environment in your parent module.

What must you do to pass the value to a child module in the configuration?

Add node_count = var.node_count

Declare the variable in a terraform.tfvars file

Declare a node_count input variable for child module

Nothing, child modules inherit variables of parent module

87. Which of the following is not a valid string function in Terraform?

split

join

slice

chomp

88. How can terraform plan aid in the development process?

Validates your expectations against the execution plan without permanently modifying state

Initializes your working directory containing your Terraform configuration files

Formats your Terraform configuration files

Reconciles Terraform’s state against deployed resources and permanently modifies state using the current status of deployed resources

89. Which of the following is allowed as a Terraform variable name?

count

name

source

version

90. What is one disadvantage of using dynamic blocks in Terraform?

They cannot be used to loop through a list of values

Dynamic blocks can construct repeatable nested blocks

They make configuration harder to read and understand

Terraform will run more slowly

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91. If a module uses a local variable, you can expose that value with a terraform output.

True

False

92. A terraform apply can not _________ infrastructure.

change

destroy

provision

import

93. What is terraform refresh intended to detect?

Terraform configuration code changes

Empty state files

State file drift

Corrupt state files

94. What command should you run to display all workspaces for the current configuration?

terraform workspace

terraform workspace show

terraform workspace list

terraform show workspace

95. Examine the following Terraform configuration, which uses the data source for an AWS AMI.

What value should you enter for the ami argument in the AWS instance resource?

aws_ami.ubuntu

data.aws_ami.ubuntu

data.aws_ami.ubuntu.id

aws_ami.ubuntu.id

96. Terraform provisioners that require authentication can use the ______ block.

connection

credentials

secrets

ssh

97. You should store secret data in the same version control repository as your Terraform configuration.

True

False

98. You have multiple team members collaborating on infrastructure as code (IaC) using Terraform, and want to apply formatting standards for readability.

How can you format Terraform HCL (HashiCorp Configuration Language) code according to standard Terraform style convention?

Run the terraform fmt command during the code linting phase of your CI/CD process

Designate one person in each team to review and format everyone's code

Manually apply two spaces indentation and align equal sign "=" characters in every Terraform file (*.tf)

Write a shell script to transform Terraform files using tools such as AWK, Python, and sed

99. Terraform validate reports syntax check errors from which of the following scenarios?

Code contains tabs indentation instead of spaces

There is missing value for a variable

The state files does not match the current infrastructure

None of the above

100. A Terraform local value can reference other Terraform local values.

True

False

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