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TA-003 Question 21

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You have recently started a new job at a retailer as an engineer. As part of this new role, you have been tasked with evaluating multiple outages that occurred during peak shopping time during the holiday season. Your investigation found that the team is manually deploying new compute instances and configuring each compute instance manually. This has led to inconsistent configuration between each compute instance. How would you solve this using infrastructure as code?

AImplement a ticketing workflow that makes engineers submit a ticket before manually provisioning and configuring a resource
BImplement a checklist that engineers can follow when configuring compute instances
CReplace the compute instance type with a larger version to reduce the number of required deployments
DImplement a provisioning pipeline that deploys infrastructure configurations committed to your version control system following code reviews (correct answer)

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Correct answer: D

The correct answer is D. Option D: Implement a provisioning pipeline that deploys infrastructure configurations committed to your version control system following code reviews

TA-003 Question 22

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Which of the following locations can Terraform use as a private source for modules? (Choose two.)

APublic repository on GitHub.
BInternally hosted VCS (Version Control System) platform.
CPublic Terraform Registry.
DPrivate repository on GitHub. (correct answer)

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Correct answer: D

The correct answer is D. Option D: Private repository on GitHub. This option keeps traffic private / properly secured as required.

TA-003 Question 23

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Which two steps are required to provision new infrastructure in the Terraform workflow? (Choose two.)

ADestroy
BApply (correct answer)
CImport
DInit (correct answer)
EValidate

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Correct answer: B, D

The correct answer is B, D. Option B: Apply Option D: Init

TA-003 Question 24

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You have provisioned some virtual machines (VMs) on Google Cloud Platform (GCP) using the gcloud command line tool. However, you are standardizing with Terraform and want to manage these VMs using Terraform instead. What are the two things you must do to achieve this? (Choose two.)

AProvision new VMs using Terraform with the same VM names.
BUse the terraform import command for the existing VMs.
CWrite Terraform configuration for the existing VMs. (correct answer)
DRun the terraform import-gcp command.

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Correct answer: C

The correct answer is C. Option C: Write Terraform configuration for the existing VMs.

TA-003 Question 25

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Terraform requires the Go runtime as a prerequisite for installation.

ATrue
BFalse (correct answer)

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Correct answer: B

The correct answer is B. Option B: False

TA-003 Question 26

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A resource block is shown in the Exhibit space of this page. How would you reference the name value of the second instance of this resource?

Aaws_instance.web[1]
Belement(aws_instance.web, 2)
Caws_instance.web[2].name
Daws_instance.web[1].name (correct answer)
Eaws_instance.web.*.name

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Correct answer: D

The correct answer is D. Option D: aws_instance.web[1].name

TA-003 Question 27

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Terraform can import modules from a number of sources `" which of the following is not a valid source?

AFTP server (correct answer)
BGitHub repository
CLocal path
DTerraform Module Registry

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Correct answer: A

The correct answer is A. Option A: FTP server

TA-003 Question 28

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Which of the following is available only in Terraform Enterprise or Cloud workspaces and not in Terraform CLI?

ASecure variable storage (correct answer)
BSupport for multiple cloud providers
CDry runs with terraform plan
DUsing the workspace as a data source

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Correct answer: A

The correct answer is A. Option A: Secure variable storage

TA-003 Question 29

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terraform validate validates the syntax of Terraform files.

ATrue (correct answer)
BFalse

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Correct answer: A

The correct answer is A. Option A: True

TA-003 Question 30

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You have used Terraform to create an ephemeral development environment in the cloud and are now ready to destroy all the infrastructure described by your Terraform configuration. To be safe, you would like to first see all the infrastructure that will be deleted by Terraform. Which command should you use to show all of the resources that will be deleted? (Choose two.)

ARun terraform plan -destroy. (correct answer)
BThis is not possible. You can only show resources that will be created.
CRun terraform state rm *.
DRun terraform destroy and it will first output all the resources that will be deleted before prompting for approval. (correct answer)

Reveal answer & explanation

Correct answer: A, D

The correct answer is A, D. Option A: Run terraform plan -destroy. Option D: Run terraform destroy and it will first output all the resources that will be deleted before prompting for approval.

Explanation

terraform plan compares configuration and state with real infrastructure and previews the proposed changes without applying them. terraform destroy removes infrastructure managed by the current Terraform configuration and state.

TA-003 Question 31

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Which of the following is the correct way to pass the value in the variable num_servers into a module with the input servers?

Aservers = num_servers
Bservers = variable.num_servers
Cservers = var(num_servers)
Dservers = var.num_servers (correct answer)

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Correct answer: D

The correct answer is D. Option D: servers = var.num_servers

TA-003 Question 32

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A Terraform provisioner must be nested inside a resource configuration block.

ATrue (correct answer)
BFalse

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Correct answer: A

The correct answer is A. Option A: True

TA-003 Question 33

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Terraform can run on Windows or Linux, but it requires a Server version of the Windows operating system.

ATrue
BFalse (correct answer)

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Correct answer: B

The correct answer is B. Option B: False

TA-003 Question 34

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What does the default "local" Terraform backend store?

Atfplan files
BTerraform binary
CProvider plugins
DState file (correct answer)

Reveal answer & explanation

Correct answer: D

The correct answer is D. Option D: State file

Explanation

Terraform state maps resource addresses to remote objects and stores metadata needed to calculate changes efficiently.

TA-003 Question 35

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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?

ARun the terraform fmt command during the code linting phase of your CI/CD process (correct answer)
BDesignate one person in each team to review and format everyone's code
CManually apply two spaces indentation and align equal sign "=" characters in every Terraform file (*.tf)
DWrite a shell script to transform Terraform files using tools such as AWK, Python, and sed

Reveal answer & explanation

Correct answer: A

The correct answer is A. Option A: Run the terraform fmt command during the code linting phase of your CI/CD process

Explanation

terraform fmt rewrites Terraform configuration into the canonical style and formatting.

TA-003 Question 36

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What value does the Terraform Cloud/Terraform Enterprise private module registry provide over the public Terraform Module Registry?

AThe ability to share modules with public Terraform users and members of Terraform Enterprise Organizations
BThe ability to tag modules by version or release
CThe ability to restrict modules to members of Terraform Cloud or Enterprise organizations (correct answer)
DThe ability to share modules publicly with any user of Terraform

Reveal answer & explanation

Correct answer: C

The correct answer is C. Option C: The ability to restrict modules to members of Terraform Cloud or Enterprise organizations

Explanation

A Terraform module packages related resources into a reusable configuration with defined inputs and outputs. Terraform Cloud, now HCP Terraform, provides managed remote runs, state, collaboration, policy, and governance. This option keeps traffic private / properly secured as required.

TA-003 Question 37

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Which task does terraform init not perform?

ASources all providers present in the configuration and ensures they are downloaded and available locally
BConnects to the backend
CSources any modules and copies the configuration locally
DValidates all required variables are present (correct answer)

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Correct answer: D

The correct answer is D. Option D: Validates all required variables are present

TA-003 Question 38

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Topic 1 · Question 38 · Select all that apply

You have declared a variable called var.list which is a list of objects that all have an attribute id. Which options will produce a list of the IDs? (Choose two.)

A{ for o in var.list : o => o.id }
Bvar.list[*].id (correct answer)
C[ var.list[*].id ]
D[ for o in var.list : o.id ] (correct answer)

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Correct answer: B, D

The correct answer is B, D. Option B: var.list[*].id Option D: [ for o in var.list : o.id ]

TA-003 Question 39

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Which argument(s) is (are) required when declaring a Terraform variable?

Atype
Bdefault
Cdescription
DAll of the above
ENone of the above (correct answer)

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Correct answer: E

The correct answer is E. Option E: None of the above

TA-003 Question 40

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When using a module block to reference a module stored on the public Terraform Module Registry such as: How do you specify version 1.0.0?

AModules stored on the public Terraform Module Registry do not support versioning
BAppend ?ref=v1.0.0 argument to the source path
CAdd version = "1.0.0" attribute to module block (correct answer)
DNothing "" modules stored on the public Terraform Module Registry always default to version 1.0.0

Reveal answer & explanation

Correct answer: C

The correct answer is C. Option C: Add version = "1.0.0" attribute to module block

Explanation

A Terraform module packages related resources into a reusable configuration with defined inputs and outputs.

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