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

HashiCorp TERRAFORM-ASSOCIATE-003 Online Questions & Answers

• Question 251:

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

  A. Terraform plan efresh-only
  B. Terraform show son
  C. Terraform apply ock-false
  D. Terraform plan target-state
  A. Terraform plan efresh-only

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  Explanation

  This is the command that always causes a state file to be updated with changes that might have been made outside of Terraform, as it will only refresh the state file with the current status of the real resources, without making any changes to them or creating a plan.

• Question 252:

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

  A. True
  B. False
  B. False

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  Explanation

  The remote backend can work with either a single remote Terraform Cloud workspace, or with multiple similarly-named remote workspaces (like networking-dev and networking-prod). The workspaces block of the backend configuration determines which mode it uses: To use a single remote Terraform Cloud workspace, set workspaces.name to the remote workspace's full name (like networking-prod). To use multiple remote workspaces, set workspaces.prefix to a prefix used in all of the desired remote workspace names. For example, set prefix = "networking-" to use Terraform cloud workspaces with names like networking-dev and networking-prod. This is helpful when mapping multiple Terraform CLI workspaces used in a single Terraform configuration to multiple Terraform Cloud workspaces.

• Question 253:

  What does terraform refresh command do?

  A. A. terraform refresh can be used to selectively update sections of the state file, using terraform resource level addressing.
  B. terraform refresh command basically updates the configuration file with the current state of the actual infrastructure
  C. terraform refresh is use to change/modify the infrastructure based on the existing state file, at that moment.
  D. terraform refresh can be used to selectively update sections of the state file, using terraform resource level addressing.
  E. terraform refresh syncs the state file with the real world infrastructure.
  E. terraform refresh syncs the state file with the real world infrastructure.

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  Explanation

• Question 254:

  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
  C. In the terraform.tfstate file

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  Explanation

  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.

  https://www.terraform.io/docs/language/settings/backends/local.html

• Question 255:

  What advantage does an operations team that uses infrastructure as code have?

  A. The ability to delete infrastructure
  B. The ability to reuse best practice configurations and settings
  C. The ability to autoscale a group of servers
  D. The ability to update existing infrastructure
  B. The ability to reuse best practice configurations and settings

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  Explanation

• Question 256:

  Which of the following connection types are supported by the remote-exec provisioner? (select two)

  A. WinRM
  B. UDP
  C. SMB
  D. RDP
  E. ssh
  A. WinRM
  E. ssh

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  Explanation

  The remote-exec provisioner invokes a script on a remote resource after it is created. The remote-exec provisioner supports both ssh and winrm type connections. remote-exec connection types

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  ssh on Linux

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  winrm on Windows https://www.terraform.io/docs/provisioners/remote-exec.html

• Question 257:

  Which of the following is not supported backend types in Terra form?

  A. consul
  B. gcs
  C. manta
  D. bitbucket
  D. bitbucket

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  Explanation

• Question 258:

  A Terraform local value can reference other Terraform local values.

  A. True
  B. False
  A. True

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  Explanation

  "The expressions in local values are not limited to literal constants; they can also reference other values in the module in order to transform or combine them, including variables, resource attributes, or other local values:"

  https://www.terraform.io/language/values/locals#declaring-a-local-value

• Question 259:

  Which of the following best describes the default local backend?

  A. The local backend is where Terraform Enterprise stores logs to be processed by an log collector.
  B. The local backend stores state on the local filesystem, locks the state using system APIs, and performs operations locally.
  C. The local backend is the directory where resources deployed by Terraform have direct access to in order to update their current state.
  D. The local backend is how Terraform connects to public cloud services, such as AWS, Azure, or GCP.
  B. The local backend stores state on the local filesystem, locks the state using system APIs, and performs operations locally.

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  Explanation

  The local backend stores state on the local filesystem, locks that state using system APIs, and performs operations locally.

  terraform {

  backend "local" {

  path = "relative/path/to/terraform.tfstate"

  }

  }

  https://www.terraform.io/docs/backends/types/local.html

• Question 260:

  John wants to use two different regions to deploy two different EC2 instances. He has specified two provider blocks in his providers.tf file.

  provider "aws" { region = "us-east-1" }

  provider "aws" { region = "us-west-2" }

  When he run terraform plan he encountered an error. How to fix this?

  A. Use another provider version
  B. Use alias for region = "us-west-2"
  C. Use default keyword with region = "us-east-1"
  D. It can not be fixed
  B. Use alias for region = "us-west-2"

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  Explanation