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HashiCorp Certified: Terraform Associate (004)

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Practice exam for the HashiCorp Certified Terraform Associate (004) certification. Covers IaC concepts, Terraform fundamentals, core workflow, configuration, modules, state management, infrastructure maintenance, and HCP Terraform.

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1. What is Infrastructure as Code (IaC)?

A A tool for monitoring infrastructure performance and alerting on anomalies
B The practice of managing and provisioning infrastructure through machine-readable configuration files ✓ Correct
C A container orchestration system for managing microservices at scale
D A cloud-native approach that only applies to public cloud infrastructure

2. Which of the following is a primary advantage of using Infrastructure as Code?

A It automatically reduces cloud infrastructure costs by 50%
B It reduces the number of configuration files needed to manage infrastructure
C It enables consistent, repeatable infrastructure provisioning and eliminates configuration drift ✓ Correct
D It provides built-in security scanning for all infrastructure resources

3. How does Terraform manage multi-cloud infrastructure?

A Through provider plugins that each expose resources and data sources for their respective platform ✓ Correct
B By requiring a separate Terraform installation for each cloud provider being managed
C By converting configurations into cloud-specific formats for each target platform
D By restricting each workspace to a single cloud provider for simplicity

4. What differentiates Terraform from configuration management tools like Ansible or Chef?

A Terraform uses a purely declarative language while Ansible uses an imperative approach
B Terraform only works with cloud providers while Ansible works with on-premises servers
C Terraform uses HCL while configuration management tools use YAML
D Terraform focuses on infrastructure provisioning (creating/managing cloud resources) while configuration management tools focus on configuring software on existing systems ✓ Correct

5. Which statement about Terraform's declarative approach is correct?

A You must specify each step Terraform should take to provision or change infrastructure
B You describe the desired end state of infrastructure and Terraform determines the steps to achieve it ✓ Correct
C Terraform automatically generates configurations by scanning existing infrastructure
D Declarative configurations cannot be modified after initial creation

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