Hashicorp TERRAFORM ASSOCIATE (004) Practice Questions

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Question 101

Which common action does not cause Terraform to refresh its state?

terraform apply

terraform state list

terraform plan

terraform destroy

Question 102

Which of the following are true regarding Terraform variables? (select two)

Select all that apply

the description of a variable will be written to state to help describe the contents of the state file

the variable name can be found in the state file to allow for easy searching

the default value will be found in the state file if no other value was set for the variable

variables marked as sensitive are still stored in the state file, even though the values are obfuscated from the CLI output

Question 103

You are worried about unauthorized access to the Terraform state file since it might contain sensitive information. What are some ways you can protect the state file? (select two)

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store in a remote backend that encrypts state at rest

enable native encryption in Terraform as configured in the terraform block

use the S3 backend using the encrypt option to ensure state is encrypted

replicate the state file to an encrypted storage device

Question 104

By default, Terraform OSS stores its state file in what type of backend?

remote backend

local backend

encrypted backend

shared backend

Question 105

You want to use a Terraform provisioner to execute a script on the remote machine. What block type would use to declare the provisioner?

data block

terraform block

resource block

provider block

Question 106

True or False? You can continue using your local Terraform CLI to execute terraform plan and terraform apply operations while using Terraform Cloud as the backend.

True

False

Question 107

You need to ensure your Terraform is easily readable and follows the HCL canonical format and style. In the current directory, you have a main.tf that calls modules stored in a modules directory. What command should you run to validate Terraform in the current and sub-directories?

terraform fmt -recursive

terraform fmt -list=false

terraform fmt -diff

terraform fmt -check

Question 108

When using Terraform, where can you install providers from? (select four)

Question 109

True or False? Terraform can only manage dependencies between resources if the depends_on argument is explicitly set for the dependent resources.

True

False

Question 110

When using collection types for variables in Terraform, which of the following two statements are true? (select two)

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lists are defined inside of square brackets, like this: ["value1", "value2", "value3"]

maps are defined inside of square brackets, like this: [ name = "John" age = 52 ]

maps are defined inside of curly braces, like this: { name = "John" age = 52 }

lists are defined inside of curly braces, like this: {"value1", "value2", "value3"}

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