TA-002-P Free Practice Test

- (Exam Topic 2)
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?

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

Correct Answer: B

- (Exam Topic 2)
Which of the following best describes the default local backend?

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

Correct Answer: B
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

- (Exam Topic 3)
Which of the following challenges would Terraform be a candidate for solving? (Select THREE)

1. A. Enable self-service infrastructure to allocate resources on your proprietary private cloud.
2. B. Reduce the number of workflows needed for managing infrastructure across each of the companies public and private clouds.
3. C. Utilize a single tool for all of the infrastructure and configuration management needs.
4. D. Have a single interoperable tool to manage the variety of services including GitHub repositories, MySQL database, and Kubernetes clusters.

Correct Answer: ABD

- (Exam Topic 4)
terraform init retrieves the source code tot all referenced modules

1. A. True
2. B. False

Correct Answer: A
Terraform installs providers, initialises source code & modules etc at this stage

- (Exam Topic 4)
Which of the following statements best describes the Terraform list(...) type?

1. A. a collection of values where each is identified by a string label.
2. B. a sequence of values identified by consecutive whole numbers starting with zero.
3. C. a collection of unique values that do not have any secondary identifiers or ordering.
4. D. a collection of named attributes that each have their own type.

Correct Answer: B
A terraform list is a sequence of values identified by consecutive whole numbers starting with zero. https://www.terraform.io/docs/configuration/types.html#structural-types