HashiCorp HashiCorp Certifications TA-002-P Questions & Answers

• Question 381:

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

  A. True

  B. False

  Correct Answer: B

  https://www.terraform.io/language/functions The Terraform language does not support user-defined functions, and so only the functions built into the language are available for use

• Question 382:

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

  A. remote-exec

  B. null-exec

  C. local-exec

  D. file

  Correct Answer: A

  "The local-exec provisioner invokes a local executable after a resource is created. This invokes a process on the machine running Terraform, not on the resource." https://www.terraform.io/language/resources/provisioners/local-exec "The remote-exec provisioner invokes a script on a remote resource after it is created." https://www.terraform.io/language/resources/provisioners/remote-exec

• Question 383:

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

  

  A. compute_instance

  B. main

  C. google

  D. test

  Correct Answer: B

• Question 384:

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

  A. True

  B. False

  Correct Answer: A

  Output values are like function return values. Reference: https://www.terraform.io/docs/language/values/locals.html https://www.terraform.io/docs/language/values/outputs.html

• Question 385:

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

  A. Create a sample main.tf file

  B. Initialize a configured backend

  C. Retrieve the source code for all referenced modules

  D. Load required provider plugins

  Correct Answer: A

• Question 386:

  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?

  A. terraform import

  B. terraform workspace

  C. terraform state

  D. terraform init

  Correct Answer: B

  https://www.terraform.io/language/state/workspaces#when-to-use-multiple-workspaces

• Question 387:

  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?

  A. Run terraform output ip_address to view the result

  B. 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

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

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

  Correct Answer: C

  https://www.terraform.io/cli/commands/state/show

• Question 388:

  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?

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

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

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

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

  Correct Answer: A

  https://www.terraform.io/cli/commands/fmt

• Question 389:

  Where does the Terraform local backend store its state?

  A. In the /tmp directory

  B. In the terraform.tfvars file

  C. In the terraform.tfstate file

  D. In the user's .terraformrc file

  Correct Answer: C

  https://www.terraform.io/language/state

  The local backend stores state on the local filesystem, locks that state using system APIs, and performs operations locally. Reference: https://www.terraform.io/docs/language/settings/backends/local.html

• Question 390:

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

  A. True

  B. False

  Correct Answer: B

  Reference: https://www.terraform.io/docs/language/values/outputs.html