How do data sources interact with Terraform state?

They read information from external sources or state without modifying state

They create new resources and add them to state

They delete resources from state

A growing team of 15 engineers is moving from local state to a remote backend. They need to ensure that only one engineer can apply changes at a time and that state is available to all. They also want to minimize operational overhead. Which backend configuration should they choose?

S3 backend with DynamoDB table for locking.

Consul backend without locking.

Terraform Cloud with no locking enabled.

Local backend with a shared network drive.

What is the primary purpose of Terraform state?

To map real-world resources to the configuration and track metadata

To store the configuration code for the infrastructure

To provide a backup of the infrastructure for disaster recovery

To store the output values of the last apply for display

How does Terraform detect configuration drift?

By comparing the state file with the real-world infrastructure during refresh

By checking the version control history

By comparing the configuration files with each other

By running a separate drift detection tool

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Domain 2Objective 4

2d Explain How Terraform Uses and Manages State TERRAFORM-ASSOCIATE-004 Practice Questions (Page 1)

Part of the Terraform fundamentals domain, which makes up ~12% of our current practice bank. HashiCorp does not publish an official question count, but from its 60-minute exam (~25–40 total, ~3–5 in this domain), expect 1–1 from this objective — we provide 43 practice questions to prepare you well beyond it. (estimate)

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1application · medium
An engineer needs to see the current attributes of a specific resource that is already managed by Terraform. Which command should they use?
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2foundation · easy
How do data sources interact with Terraform state?
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3expert · hard
A growing team of 15 engineers is moving from local state to a remote backend. They need to ensure that only one engineer can apply changes at a time and that state is available to all. They also want to minimize operational overhead. Which backend configuration should they choose?
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4foundation · easy
What is the primary purpose of Terraform state?
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5foundation · easy
How does Terraform detect configuration drift?
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