A developer is used to writing scripts that create resources in a specific order: first the network, then the subnet, then the VM. They are learning Terraform and are confused because Terraform configuration files do not specify the order of creation. What is the best explanation for this?

Terraform is imperative, so it executes the file top to bottom.

Terraform is declarative, so it determines the order based on dependencies, not the order in the file.

Terraform does not care about order, so resources are created simultaneously.

Terraform requires you to use explicit depends_on for every resource to control order.

A team is using an imperative script to manage their infrastructure. They are experiencing issues with drift, where the actual state of resources differs from what they expect. They want to move to a declarative approach. What is the primary benefit they will gain?

The ability to use the same script across multiple cloud providers.

The ability to define the desired end state and have the tool reconcile the actual state to match it.

Faster execution because the tool only runs the commands that are necessary.

The ability to write complex logic in a programming language.

A team manages a multi-tier application across three environments: development, staging, and production. They currently configure each environment by hand, and the staging environment has drifted from production, causing bugs that only appear in production. They want to ensure that all environments are identical and that changes are reviewed before being applied. What is the most effective way to achieve this?

Write a detailed runbook that documents the exact steps to configure each environment manually.

Use an imperative configuration management tool to run the same set of commands on each environment.

Create a golden image of the production environment and clone it to the other environments.

Use a declarative IaC tool to define the desired state of all environments in code and apply the same configuration to each.

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A developer is used to writing scripts that create resources in a specific order: first the network, then the subnet, then the VM. They are learning Terraform and are confused because Terraform configuration files do not specify the order of creation. What is the best explanation for this?

A team is using an imperative script to manage their infrastructure. They are experiencing issues with drift, where the actual state of resources differs from what they expect. They want to move to a declarative approach. What is the primary benefit they will gain?

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