2b Describe How Terraform Uses Providers TERRAFORM-ASSOCIATE-004 Practice Questions (Page 3)

Questions 11–15

1. 11foundation · easy

   What is the role of a data source in Terraform?

   • ATo store the state of managed resources
   • BTo create and manage new infrastructure resources
   • CTo read information from existing infrastructure or external sources
   • DTo define output values for the configuration
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2. 12application · medium

   An organization uses Terraform to manage resources in two AWS regions: us-east-1 and eu-west-1. They want to define a single provider configuration that can be reused for both regions, but each resource must be created in the correct region. What is the recommended approach?

   • ACreate two separate Terraform configurations, one for each region, and run them independently.
   • BUse the same provider block twice without aliases, and Terraform will automatically route resources to the correct region.
   • CDefine two provider blocks with the same provider name, using the alias argument to differentiate them, and reference the alias in each resource.
   • DDefine one provider block and use the region argument in each resource block to specify the region.
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4. 13expert · medium

   A team is migrating a Terraform configuration from Terraform 0.12 to Terraform 1.x. The old configuration uses provider blocks without a required_providers block. After upgrading, they run terraform init and receive an error that the provider source is missing. What is the most likely cause and solution?

   • ATerraform 1.x requires providers to be declared in required_providers with a source; add the required_providers block with the correct source.
   • BThe provider plugin is not installed; run terraform init with the -upgrade flag to force reinstallation.
   • CThe provider block is missing the region argument; add the region to the provider block.
   • DThe provider version is incompatible with Terraform 1.x; downgrade the provider version.
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5. 14application · medium

   A developer is working offline and needs to run terraform init for a project that uses the AWS provider. They have never run terraform init on this machine before. What should they do to successfully initialize the project?

   • ASkip terraform init and run terraform apply directly.
   • BPre-download the provider plugin and place it in the appropriate plugin directory, then run terraform init.
   • CRun terraform init with the -offline flag to use cached providers.
   • DUse terraform providers mirror to create a local mirror of the provider.
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6. 15foundation · easy

   How does Terraform know which provider to use for a given resource?

   • ABy the resource's name attribute
   • BBy the order in which providers are declared in the configuration
   • CBy the resource type's prefix, which matches the provider's name
   • DBy the provider block's alias attribute
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