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Outside of the required_providers block, Terraform configurations always refer to providers by their local names.

A True
B False

What is an advantage of immutable infrastructure?

A Automatic infrastructure upgrades
B In-place infrastructure upgrades
C Quicker infrastructure upgrades
D Less complex infrastructure upgrades

A child module can always access variables declared in its parent module.

A True
B False

Where does HashiCorp recommend you store API tokens and other secrets within your team’s Terraform workspaces? (Choose three.)

A In a terraform.tfvars file, checked into your version control system.
B In an environment variable and referenced with TF_VAR_variablename.
C In HashiCorp Vault.
D In a plaintext document on a shared drive.
E In an HCP Terraform variable, with the sensitive option checked.

You are responsible for a set of infrastructure which is managed by two workspaces: example-network and example-compute. The example-compute workspace uses data from output values configured in the example-network workspace, and must be deployed afterward. Currently, this is a manual process:
An operator deploys changes to the example-network workspace.
They manually copy the output values from the example-network workspace to input variables configured for the example-compute workspace.
They deploy the example-compute workspace.
Which HCP Terraform features can you use to automate this process? (Choose two.)

A A health check configured on the example-compute workspace to create a plan when HCP Terraform applies changes to the example-network workspace.
B A run trigger configured on the example-network workspace to automatically plan changes to the example-compute workspace after every apply.
C A health check configured on the example-network workspace to create a plan on the example-compute workspace when HCP Terraform applies changes to it.
D A run trigger configured on the example-compute workspace to automatically plan changes after HCP Terraform applies changes to the example-network workspace.
E A tfe_outputs data source configured in the example-compute workspace to automatically load output values from the example-network workspace.

Which HCP Terraform feature is recommended when you want to use the same cloud provider credentials across multiple workspaces?

A Variable sets
B Version Control System (VCS) integration
C The terraform_remote_state data source

You can configure multiple cloud blocks in your Terraform configuration to connect your workspace to both HCP Terraform and your Terraform Enterprise instance.

A True
B False

You manage two workspaces in your HCP Terraform organization. The first workspace manages your network configuration. The second workspace manages your compute resources, and retrieves values from the networking workspace.
What HCP Terraform feature lets you run an apply operation on the compute workspace every time you update the networking workspace?

A Projects
B Policy
C Run tasks
D Run triggers

Which of the following does HCP Terraform perform during a health assessment for a workspace? (Choose two.)

A Sentinel policy checks
B Resource drift detection
C Estimate infrastructure cost
D Check block validation
E Terraform test execution

Your team uses HCP Terraform to manage your infrastructure. You need to make a change to an infrastructure stack running in a public cloud.
Which pattern follows Infrastructure as Code best practices for making a change?

A Make the change via the public cloud API endpoint.
B Use the public cloud console to make the change.
C Run the public cloud CLI tool to make the change.
D Submit a pull request and wait for an approved merge of the change.
E Clone the repository containing your infrastructure code and then run the code.

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 VMs (virtual machines). You develop a new Terraform configuration containing one VM, perform terraform apply, and see that your VM was created successfully.
How do you delete the newly-created VM with Terraform?

A Delete the Terraform state file and execute terraform apply.
B The Terraform state file only contains one new VM. Execute terraform destroy.
C The Terraform state file contains all 16 VMs in the team account. Execute terraform destroy and select the newly-created VM.
D Delete the VM using the cloud provider console, and execute terraform apply to apply the changes to the Terraform state file.

You have a simple Terraform configuration containing one VM (virtual machine) in a cloud provider. You run terraform apply and the VM is created successfully.
You delete the VM using the cloud provider console, then run terraform apply again without changing any Terraform code.
What happens next?

A Terraform will report an error.
B Terraform will recreate the VM.
C Terraform will remove the VM from the state file.
D Terraform will not make any changes.

What does terraform destroy do?

A Destroys all Terraform code files in the current directory, leaves the state file intact.
B Destroys all infrastructure in the Terraform state file.
C Destroys the Terraform state file, leaves the infrastructure intact.
D Destroys all infrastructure in the configured Terraform provider.

You just scaled your VM infrastructure and realize you set the count variable to the wrong value. You correct the value and save your change.
What must you do next to make your infrastructure match your configuration?

A Inspect your Terraform state because you want to change it.
B Run terraform apply and confirm the planned changes.
C Inspect all Terraform outputs to make sure they are correct.
D Reinitialize because your configuration has changed.

When a check block’s assertion fails, Terraform blocks the current operation from executing.

A True
B False

If you manually destroy resources within your infrastructure, what is the best practice for reflecting this change in Terraform?

A Run terraform import to reflect the changes in Terraform state.
B Manually update the state file to remove the destroyed resources.
C Remove the resource definition from your file and run terraform apply -refresh-only.
D The change will happen automatically during the next terraform apply.

You have a Terraform configuration that defines a single virtual machine with no references to it. You’ve run terraform apply to create the resource, then removed the resource definition from your Terraform configuration file.
What will happen when you run terraform apply in the working directory again?

A Terraform will error.
B Nothing will happen.
C Terraform will remove the virtual machine from the state file, but the resource will still exist.
D Terraform will destroy the virtual machine.

A senior admin accidentally deleted some of your cloud instances.
What will Terraform do when you run terraform apply?

A Stop and generate an error message about the missing instances.
B Rebuild only the instances that were deleted.
C Build a completely brand new set of infrastructure.
D Tear down the entire workspace’s infrastructure and rebuild it.

terraform destroy is the only way to remove infrastructure with Terraform.

A True
B False

The -refresh-only parameter will update your state file when used with terraform plan.

A True
B False

What Terraform command always causes a state file to be updated with changes that might have been made outside of Terraform?

A terraform plan -refresh-only
B terraform show -json
C terraform apply =lock=false
D terraform plan -target=state

When should you use the force-unlock command?

A When you see a status message stating that you cannot acquire the lock.
B When apply has failed due to a state lock.
C When automatic unlocking has failed.
D When you have a high priority change.

You’ve just finished refactoring part of your Terraform workspace’s configuration to use a module to manage some of your resources. When you plan your changes, you notice that Terraform will destroy and recreate the affected resources. Doing so could cause unintended downtime in the application your workspace manages.
What supported approach should you take to complete the refactor without destroying and recreating your resources?

A Add moved blocks to your configuration to let Terraform know the new resource addresses for the affected resources.
B Open your cloud provider’s console and rename the effected resources.
C Run the terraform console command to edit your workspace’s state and update the resource names.
D Manually edit your terraform.tfstate file and update the resource names.

What is the purpose of state locking in a remote backend?

A Ensures only one instance of Terraform can modify state at a time.
B Creates a backup of the state file in a secure location.
C Encrypts the state in the remote backend.
D Requires every instance of Terraform uses the same provider version.

You want to bring in an existing database under Terraform management.
What information is required to create a new import block for the database? (Choose two.)

A The connection string that Terraform will use to connect and manage the database.
B The ID associated with the current database on the cloud provider.
C The database platform and version that is the existing resource is running.
D The path to the .tf file that contains the database resource block.
E The destination resource address of the block that will manage the database.

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