Question 1

You are currently using version 4.50.0 of the azurerm provider. You need to provision a few resources that are supported with the latest provider version, so you add the resource blocks and update the required_providers block to version = 4.53.0.What happens when you run terraform plan?

Options :

A : Terraform continues to use version 4.50.0 of the provider and provisions the resources as defined in your config

B : Terraform shows an error and requires you to run the command terraform init -upgrade

C : Terraform deletes the current lock file and creates a new one with version 4.53.0

D : Terraform downloads version 4.53.0 of the provider and provisions the resources as defined in your config

Answer: B

Question 2

Which of the following Terraform files should be ignored by Git when committing code to a repo?

Options :

A : outputs.tf

B : terraform.tfstate

C : terraform.tf

D : .terraform.lock.hcl

Answer: B

Question 3

You have an existing VPC in your account and have added the data block to your configuration, as shown below. How would you reference the id of the VPC?data "aws_vpc" "production" { tags = { Name = "prod" }}

Options :

A : aws_vpc.production.id

B : var.vpc_id

C : data.aws_vpc.production.vpc.id

D : data.aws_vpc.production.id

Answer: D

Question 4

Your startup is deciding between using local state with manual coordination or migrating to HCP Terraform for remote state management. Which advantage does HCP Terraform offer to address team collaboration challenges?

Options :

A : faster terraform apply operations by caching providers and modules on each team member's machine

B : the ability to use multiple backend configurations simultaneously for different environments

C : automatic conversion of HCL configuration files to JSON format for better performance

D : automatic state locking, centralized state storage, state versioning, and audit logs for compliance

Answer: D

Question 5

During terraform apply, you notice Terraform is using version 5.0.0 of the AWS provider, but you know version 5.31.0 is available and includes a bug fix you need. The current provider version constraint is ~> 5.0. What command should you run to upgrade to version 5.31.0?

Options :

A : run terraform apply -upgrade to upgrade all providers to the latest version during the next apply

B : run terraform init -upgrade to update providers to the newest version matching the constraints

C : run terraform init to automatically update the provider to the latest compatible version

D : delete the .terraform.lock.hcl file and run terraform init again to download the providers

Answer: B