Exam Difficulty

Moderate. Requires hands-on Terraform CLI experience. 60-minute timed pressure.

Exam Format

60 minutes, multiple choice/true-false, online proctored. ~50-60 questions.

Question: 1
Module version is required to reference a module on the Terraform Module Registry.

Explanation: Module version is optional to reference a module on the Terraform Module Registry. If you omit the version constraint, Terraform will automatically use the latest available version of the module.

Question: 2
terraform validate confirms that your infrastructure matches the Terraform state file.

Explanation: terraform validate does not confirm that your infrastructure matches the Terraform state file. It only checks whether the configuration files in a directory are syntactically valid and internally consistent. To confirm that your infrastructure matches the Terraform state file, you need to use terraform plan or terraform apply with the -refresh-only option.

Question: 3
Which command must you first run before performing further Terraform operations in a working directory?

Explanation: terraform init is the first command that should be run after writing a new Terraform configuration or cloning an existing one from version control. It initializes a working directory containing Terraform configuration files and downloads any required providers and modules.

Question: 4
A developer accidentally launched a VM outside of the Terraform workflow and ended up with two servers with the same name. They don’t know which VM Terraform manages but do have a list of all active VM IDs. Which of the following methods could you use to discover which instance Terraform manages?

Explanation: The terraform state list command lists all resources that are managed by Terraform in the current state file. The terraform state show command shows the attributes of a single resource in the state file.