HashiCorp TERRAFORM-ASSOCIATE-003 Online Practice Questions and Exam Preparation

HashiCorp TERRAFORM-ASSOCIATE-003 Online Questions & Answers

• Question 191:

  In regards to deploying resources in multi-cloud environments, what are some of the benefits of using Terraform rather than a provider's native tooling? (select three)

  A. Terraform can help businesses deploy applications on multiple clouds and on-premises infrastructure.
  B. Terraform is not cloud-agnostic and can be used to deploy resources across a single public cloud.
  C. Terraform simplifies management and orchestration, helping operators build large-scale, multi-cloud infrastructure.
  D. Terraform can manage cross-cloud dependencies.
  A. Terraform can help businesses deploy applications on multiple clouds and on-premises infrastructure.
  C. Terraform simplifies management and orchestration, helping operators build large-scale, multi-cloud infrastructure.
  D. Terraform can manage cross-cloud dependencies.

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  Explanation

  Terraform is cloud-agnostic and allows a single configuration to be used to manage multiple providers, and to even handle cross-cloud dependencies. This simplifies management and orchestration, helping operators build large-scale multi-cloud infrastructures. https://www.terraform.io/intro/use-cases.html

• Question 192:

  Why should secrets not be hard coded into Terraform code? Choose two correct answers

  A. All passwords should be rotated on a quarterly basis.
  B. The Terraform code is copied to the target resources to be applied locally and could expose secrets if a target resource is compromised.
  C. Terraform code is typically stored in version control, as well as copied to the systems from h it's run. Any of those may not have robust security mechanisms.
  D. It makes the code less reusable.
  B. The Terraform code is copied to the target resources to be applied locally and could expose secrets if a target resource is compromised.
  C. Terraform code is typically stored in version control, as well as copied to the systems from h it's run. Any of those may not have robust security mechanisms.

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  Explanation

• Question 193:

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

  A. remote-exec
  B. null-exec
  C. local-exec
  D. file
  A. remote-exec

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  Explanation

  "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 194:

  Once a new Terraform backend is configured with a Terraform code block, which command(s) is (are) used to migrate the state file?

  A. terraform apply
  B. terraform push
  C. terraform destroy, then terraform apply
  D. terraform init
  B. terraform push

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  Explanation

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

• Question 195:

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

  A. True
  B. False
  B. False

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  Explanation

  https://www.terraform.io/docs/cli/commands/init.html

• Question 196:

  ABC Enterprise has recently tied up with multiple small organizations for exchanging database information. Due to this, the firewall rules are increasing and are more than 100 rules. This is leading firewall configuration file that is difficult to manage. What is the way this type of configuration can be managed easily?

  A. Terraform Backends
  B. Terraform Functions
  C. Dynamic Blocks
  D. Terraform Expression
  C. Dynamic Blocks

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  Explanation

• Question 197:

  You are working on some new application features and you want to spin up a copy of your production deployment to perform some quick tests. In order to avoid having to configure a new state backend, what open source Terraform feature would allow you create multiple states but still be associated with your current code?

  A. Terraform data sources
  B. Terraform local values
  C. Terraform modules
  D. Terraform workspaces
  E. None of the above
  D. Terraform workspaces

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  Explanation

  Terraform workspaces allow you to create multiple states but still be associated with your current code. Workspaces are like "environments" (e.g. staging, production) for the same configuration. You can use workspaces to spin up a copy of your production deployment for testing purposes without having to configure a new state backend. Terraform data sources, local values, and modules are not features that allow you to create multiple states.

  References: Workspaces and How to Use Terraform Workspaces

• Question 198:

  Changing the Terraform backend from the default "local" backend to a different one after doing your first terraform apply is:

  A. Mandatory
  B. Optional
  C. Impossible
  D. Discouraged
  B. Optional

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  Explanation

• Question 199:

  The Terraform language does not support user-defined functions, and so only the functions built in to the language are available for use.

  A. False
  B. True
  B. True

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  Explanation

  https://www.terraform.io/docs/configuration/functions.html

• Question 200:

  Which flag would be used within a Terraform configuration block to identify the specific version of a provider required?

  A. required-provider
  B. required-version
  C. required_providers
  D. required_versions
  C. required_providers

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  Explanation

  For production use, you should constrain the acceptable provider versions via configuration file to ensure that new versions with breaking changes will not be automatically installed by terraform init in the future.

  Example

  terraform {

  required_providers {

  aws = ">= 2.7.0"

  }

  }