Free HashiCorp Terraform-Associate-004 Practice Exam with Questions & Answers | Set: 8

The .terraform.lock.hcl file is a new feature in Terraform 0.14 that records the exact versions of each provider used in your configuration. This helps ensure consistent and reproducible behavior across different machines and runs.

This is the correct way to reference the volume IDs associated with the ebs_block_device blocks in this configuration, using the splat expression syntax. The other options are either invalid or incomplete.

Rationale for Correct Answer (A):

Providers only interact with one specific platform or API. Terraform itself can work with multiple providers in one configuration, but a single provider is not responsible for provisioning across multiple cloud providers.

Analysis of Incorrect Options:

B. Managing actions to take based on resource differences: This is a provider responsibility (through the resource schema).

C. Managing resources and data sources based on an API: Correct — providers define resources/data sources and map them to API calls.

D. Understanding API interactions with a hosted service: Correct — providers encapsulate API logic to allow Terraform to manage resources.

Key Concept:

Providers are API adapters. They handle CRUD operations for resources in their own ecosystem but do not span across multiple cloud platforms.

This is the Terraform style convention for indenting a nesting level compared to the one above it. The other options are not consistent with the Terraform style guide.

This will enable additional logging messages to find out from which paths Terraform is loading providers referenced in your Terraform configuration files, as it will set the log level to TRACE, which is the most verbose and detailed level.

Changing the Terraform backend after performing the initial terraform apply is technically possible but strongly discouraged. This is because changing backends can lead to complexities in state management, requiring manual intervention such as state migration to ensure consistency. Terraform's documentation and best practices advise planning the backend configuration carefully before applying Terraform configurations to avoid such changes.References = This guidance is consistent with Terraform's official documentation, which recommends careful consideration and planning of backend configurations to avoid the need for changes.

Not all modules published on the official Terraform Module Registry have been verified by HashiCorp. While HashiCorp verifies some modules, there are many community-contributed modules that are not verified. Verified modules have a "Verified" badge indicating that HashiCorp has reviewed them for security and best practices, but the registry also includes unverified modules.