What is the purpose of partial backend configuration in Terraform?

To separate sensitive or environment-specific settings from the main configuration.

To reduce the number of resources created by Terraform.

To automatically generate backend configuration files.

To speed up the terraform plan command.

What is the primary purpose of state locking in remote backends?

To encrypt the state file at rest.

To compress the state file for storage efficiency.

To prevent concurrent modifications to the state file.

To automatically back up the state file.

What does the `terraform init` command do when a remote backend is configured?

It initializes the working directory and downloads the necessary provider plugins.

It destroys all resources managed by the configuration.

It applies the configuration to the remote backend.

It validates the configuration syntax only.

What must be configured in a `terraform_remote_state` data source to access state stored in an S3 bucket?

backend = "s3" and the bucket and key parameters.

backend = "gcs" and the bucket parameter.

backend = "azurerm" and the storage_account_name parameter.

backend = "local" and the path parameter.

An organization uses a shared Terraform configuration for multiple environments. They want to keep the S3 bucket name and AWS region in the backend block, but they need to use different state file keys for development and production. They also want to avoid storing the AWS access key in the configuration. Which approach should they use?

Create two separate backend blocks in the same configuration and select one with a variable.

Store the AWS access key in the backend block using `access_key` and `secret_key` parameters.

Use a single backend block with `key = var.state_key` and set the variable via `-var`.

Use partial backend configuration with `-backend-config="key=dev/terraform.tfstate"` for development and `-backend-config="key=prod/terraform.tfstate"` for production, and rely on AWS environment variables for credentials.

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What must be configured in a `terraform_remote_state` data source to access state stored in an S3 bucket?
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An organization uses a shared Terraform configuration for multiple environments. They want to keep the S3 bucket name and AWS region in the backend block, but they need to use different state file keys for development and production. They also want to avoid storing the AWS access key in the configuration. Which approach should they use?
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