During the write phase of the Terraform workflow, what action does a practitioner typically perform?

Run terraform plan to preview changes

Edit .tf files to declare resources and their properties

Run terraform apply to create resources

Review the state file to see current resources

A team has a Terraform configuration that defines a load balancer and a set of backend VMs. After running terraform plan, the output shows that one VM will be replaced. The team wants to proceed with the change. What is the next step?

Run terraform refresh to update the state

Run terraform destroy to remove the VM manually

Run terraform plan again to confirm the output

Run terraform apply to execute the replacement

An organization uses Terraform to manage its infrastructure. A new requirement demands that all virtual machines have a specific tag for cost tracking. An engineer needs to update the configuration to add this tag to all existing VM definitions. What is the first step the engineer should take?

Run terraform apply to add the tags automatically

Run terraform import to bring the VMs under management

Run terraform plan to see what tags are missing

Modify the Terraform configuration files to include the tag

A team has a CI/CD pipeline that runs terraform plan on every pull request. After the plan is reviewed and approved, the pipeline automatically runs terraform apply. What is the primary purpose of running terraform apply in this pipeline?

To destroy resources that are no longer needed

To execute the changes defined in the plan and update the infrastructure

To validate the configuration syntax before deployment

To generate a new execution plan for the next deployment

What happens during the apply phase of the Terraform workflow?

Terraform executes the planned changes to provision or modify infrastructure

Terraform destroys all resources in the configuration

Terraform validates the configuration syntax

Terraform generates an execution plan

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3a Describe the Terraform Workflow TERRAFORM-ASSOCIATE-004 Practice Questions (Page 2)

Part of the Core Terraform workflow domain, which makes up ~20% of our current practice bank. HashiCorp does not publish an official question count, but from its 60-minute exam (~25–40 total, ~5–8 in this domain), expect 1–1 from this objective — we provide 22 practice questions to prepare you well beyond it. (estimate)

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6foundation · easy
During the write phase of the Terraform workflow, what action does a practitioner typically perform?
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7application · medium
A team has a Terraform configuration that defines a load balancer and a set of backend VMs. After running terraform plan, the output shows that one VM will be replaced. The team wants to proceed with the change. What is the next step?
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8application · medium
An organization uses Terraform to manage its infrastructure. A new requirement demands that all virtual machines have a specific tag for cost tracking. An engineer needs to update the configuration to add this tag to all existing VM definitions. What is the first step the engineer should take?
Select an answer first
9application · medium
A team has a CI/CD pipeline that runs terraform plan on every pull request. After the plan is reviewed and approved, the pipeline automatically runs terraform apply. What is the primary purpose of running terraform apply in this pipeline?
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10foundation · easy
What happens during the apply phase of the Terraform workflow?
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