HashiCorp Certified: Terraform Associate (003) (HCTA0-003) (Terraform-Associate-003) Free Practice Test

Question 1

A developer on your team is going lo leaf down an existing deployment managed by Terraform and deploy a new one. However, there is a server resource named aws instant.ubuntu[l] they would like to keep. What command should they use to tell Terraform to stop managing that specific resource?

A. Terraform destory rm:aws_instance.ubuntu[1]

B. Terraform apply rm:aws_instance.ubuntu[1]

C. Terraform state rm:aws_instance.ubuntu[1]

D. Terraform plan rm:aws_instance.ubuntu[1]

Correct Answer: C

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Question 2

A developer launched a VM outside of the Terraform workflow and ended up with two servers with the same name. They are unsure which VM is managed with Terraform, but they do have a list of all active VM IDs.
Which method could you use to determine which instance Terraform manages?

A. Run terraform state list to find the names of all VMs, then run terraform state show for each of them to find which VM ID Terraform manages.

B. Modify the Terraform configuration to add an import block for both of the virtual machines.

C. Run a terraform apply -refresh to identify the virtual machine IDs that are already managed by Terraform.

D. Run terraform state rm on both VMs, then terraform apply to recreate the correct one.

Correct Answer: A

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Question 3

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

A. Nothing

B. Terraform will remove the virtual machine from the state file, but the resource will still exist

C. Terraform will destroy the virtual machine

D. Terraform will error

Correct Answer: C

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Question 4

When you run terraform apply, the Terraform CLI will print output values from both the root module and any child modules.

A. False

B. True

Correct Answer: B

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Question 5

You're writing a Terraform configuration that needs to read input from a local file called id_rsa.pub. Which built-in Terraform function can you use to import the file's contents as a string?

A. fileset("id_rsa.pub")

B. file("id_rsa.pub")

C. templatefile("id_rsa.pub")

D. filebase64("id_rsa.pub")

Correct Answer: B

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Question 6

Which of the following methods, used to provision resources into a public cloud, demonstrates the concept of infrastructure as code?

A. A script that contains a series of public cloud CLI commands

B. A series of commands you enter into a public cloud console

C. A sequence of REST requests you pass to a public cloud API endpoint Most Voted

D. curl commands manually run from a terminal

Correct Answer: A

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Question 7

The public Terraform Module Registry is free to use.

A. False

B. True

Correct Answer: B

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Question 8

A resource block is shown in the Exhibit space of this page. What is the Terraform resource name of the resource block?

A. main

B. compute_instance

C. test

D. google

Correct Answer: A

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Question 9

You've used Terraform to deploy a virtual machine and a database. You want to replace this virtual machine instance with an identical one without affecting the database. What is the best way to achieve this using Terraform?

A. Use the terraform apply command targeting the VM resources only

B. Delete the Terraform VM resources from your Terraform code then run terraform plan and terraform apply

C. Use the terraform taint command targeting the VMs then run terraform plan and terraform apply

D. Use the terraform state rm command to remove the VM from state file

Correct Answer: C

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Question 10

In Terraform HCL, an object type of object({name=string, age-number}) would match this value.

A. Option D

B. Option C

C. Option A

D. Option B

Correct Answer: D

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Question 11

Which are examples of infrastructure as code? Choose two correct answers.

A. Doctor files

B. Versioned configuration files

C. Cloned virtual machine images

D. Change management database records

Correct Answer: B

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Question 12

You can reference a resource created with for_each using a Splat ( *) expression.

A. False

B. True

Correct Answer: A

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Question 13

terraform validate confirms that your infrastructure matches the Terraform state file.

A. False

B. True

Correct Answer: A

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HashiCorp Certified: Terraform Associate (003) (HCTA0-003) (Terraform-Associate-003) Free Practice Test