7a Import Existing Infrastructure into Your Terraform Workspace TERRAFORM-ASSOCIATE-004 Practice Questions (Page 1)

Questions 1–5

1. 1foundation · medium

   After running terraform import, what should you do to verify that the resource was correctly added to the state?

   • ARun terraform state list
   • BRun terraform output
   • CRun terraform fmt
   • DRun terraform validate
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2. 2application · hard

   A team is importing an existing AWS security group into Terraform. The security group ID is sg-0123456789abcdef0. They have a resource block aws_security_group.sg in their configuration. They run the import command and it succeeds. However, when they run terraform plan, they see that Terraform wants to remove all ingress rules. What is the most likely reason?

   • AThe import command only imports the security group, not its rules.
   • BThe security group has no ingress rules in AWS.
   • CThe user ran terraform plan without initializing the provider.
   • DThe ingress rules are defined as separate aws_security_group_rule resources in the configuration, not inline in the aws_security_group resource.
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4. 3foundation · medium

   What is the immediate effect of importing a resource into the state file?

   • AThe configuration is automatically generated for the resource
   • BThe resource is immediately modified to match the configuration
   • CThe resource is added to the state, and subsequent plans will compare it with the configuration
   • DThe resource is deleted from the cloud provider
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5. 4application · medium

   An administrator is importing an existing Azure virtual network into a Terraform configuration. The configuration file contains a resource block for azurerm_virtual_network.main. The administrator runs the import command and receives the error: 'Error: resource address azurerm_virtual_network.main has no corresponding resource in the configuration'. What is the most likely cause of this error?

   • AThe virtual network's resource ID is incorrect.
   • BThe state file already contains the resource.
   • CThe resource block is commented out in the configuration file.
   • DThe user lacks permission to read the virtual network.
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6. 5foundation · medium

   After importing an existing resource, what should you do before running terraform apply?

   • ARun terraform refresh to update the state
   • BRun terraform output to see the resource attributes
   • CWrite configuration for the resource and run terraform plan to review differences
   • DRun terraform destroy to remove the resource
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