A company uses a single Terraform configuration to deploy infrastructure for both development and production environments. They want to keep the state files separate so changes in one environment do not affect the other. Which approach should they use?

Run `terraform apply` with the `-state` flag pointing to different files.

Use Terraform workspaces and run `terraform workspace select dev` or `prod` before applying.

Create two separate directories with duplicated configuration files.

Use `terraform state mv` to move resources between environments.

A team uses an S3 backend for Terraform state. They want to be able to recover from accidental state corruption or deletion. What should they enable?

`terraform state push` after every apply.

DynamoDB table for state locking.

S3 versioning on the state bucket.

How do providers use Terraform state?

To store the provider binary code

To store the credentials for the provider

To store the configuration code for resources

To store the current attribute values of the resources they manage

What happens when Terraform detects drift during a plan?

It automatically reverts the changes

It proposes changes to bring the infrastructure back to the desired configuration

It updates the configuration to match the real-world state

It deletes the drifted resources

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2d Explain How Terraform Uses and Manages State TERRAFORM-ASSOCIATE-004 Practice Questions (Page 6)

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26application · medium
A company uses a single Terraform configuration to deploy infrastructure for both development and production environments. They want to keep the state files separate so changes in one environment do not affect the other. Which approach should they use?
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27application · medium
A team uses an S3 backend for Terraform state. They want to be able to recover from accidental state corruption or deletion. What should they enable?
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28foundation · easy
Which Terraform command is used to list all resources tracked in the state file?
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29foundation · easy
How do providers use Terraform state?
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30foundation · easy
What happens when Terraform detects drift during a plan?
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