TA-003 — questions

What is the purpose of a Terraform workspace in either open source or enterprise?

Which is the best way to specify a tag of v1.0.0 when referencing a module stored in Git (for example git::https://example.com/vpc.git)?

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

You have modified your local Terraform configuration and ran terraform plan to review the changes. Simultaneously, your teammate manually modified the infrastructure component you are working on. Since you already ran terraform plan locally, the execution plan for terraform apply will be the same.

terraform apply is failing with the following error. What next step should you take to determine the root cause of the problem? Error loading state: AccessDenied: Access Denied status code: 403, request id: 288766CE5CCA24A0, host id: FOOBAR

As a member of an operations team that uses infrastructure as code (IaC) practices, you are tasked with making a change to an infrastructure stack running in a public cloud. Which pattern would follow IaC best practices for making a change?

What command can you run to generate DOT (Document Template) formatted data to visualize Terraform dependencies?

Which provider authentication method prevents credentials from being stored in the state file?

Running terraform fmt without any flags in a directory with Terraform configuration files will check the formatting of those files without changing their contents.

terraform init retrieves the source code for all referenced modules.

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 when you run terraform apply in the working directory again?

Which configuration consistency errors does terraform validate report?

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

Where can Terraform not load a provider from?

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

Why should secrets not be hard coded into Terraform code? (Choose two.)

If a Terraform creation-time provisioner fails, what will occur by default?

When should Terraform configuration files be written when running terraform import on existing infrastructure?

Which command lets you experiment with Terraform's built-in functions?

Why does this backend configuration not follow best practices?