TA-002-P Free Practice Test

- (Exam Topic 4)
Which of the following is considered a Terraform plugin?

1. A. Terraform language
2. B. Terraform tooling
3. C. Terraform logic
4. D. Terraform provider

Correct Answer: D
Terraform is built on a plugin-based architecture. All providers and provisioners that are used in Terraform configurations are plugins, even the core types such as AWS and Heroku. Users of Terraform are able to write new plugins in order to support new functionality in Terraform.
https://www.terraform.io/docs/plugins/basics.html

- (Exam Topic 3)
Which flag would be used within a Terraform configuration block to identify the specific version of a provider required?

1. A. required-provider
2. B. required-version
3. C. required_providers
4. D. required_versions

Correct Answer: C
For production use, you should constrain the acceptable provider versions via configuration file to ensure that new versions with breaking changes will not be automatically installed by terraform init in the future.
Example terraform {
required_providers { aws = ">= 2.7.0"
}
}

- (Exam Topic 4)
You have been working in a Cloud provider account that is shared with other team members. You previously used Terraform to create a load balancer that is listening on port 80. After some application changes, you updated the Terraform code to change the port to 443.
You run terraform plan and see that the execution plan shows the port changing from 80 to 443 like you intended, and step away to grab some coffee.
In the meantime, another team member manually changes the load balancer port to 443 through the Cloud provider console before you get back to your desk.
What will happen when you terraform apply upon returning to your desk?

1. A. Terraform will not make any changes to the Load Balancer and will update the state file to reflect any changes made.
2. B. Terraform will change the port back to 80 in your code
3. C. Terraform will change the load balancer port to 80, and) then change it back to 443
4. D. Terraform will fail with in error because the state file is no longer accurate

Correct Answer: A

- (Exam Topic 4)
What is the result of the following terraform function call?

1. A. hello
2. B. what?
3. C. goodbye

Correct Answer: B
https://www.terraform.io/docs/configuration/functions/lookup.html

- (Exam Topic 3)
Which of the below commands will rename a EC2 instance without destroying and recreating it?

1. A. terraform state mv
2. B. terraform mv
3. C. terraform plan
4. D. terraform plan mv

Correct Answer: A