A company has imported an existing Azure App Service plan into Terraform. The plan is named 'asp-prod' and is in the 'prod-rg' resource group. The configuration has a resource block azurerm_app_service_plan.main. After import, they run terraform plan and see that Terraform wants to change the SKU tier from 'PremiumV3' to 'Standard'. The actual plan is PremiumV3. What is the most likely reason for this?

The Azure provider defaults to 'Standard' for new plans.

The App Service plan has been scaled down since the import.

The import command failed to capture the SKU attribute.

The configuration specifies sku { tier = "Standard", size = "S1" }.

What is a common cause of the error 'resource address ... does not exist in the configuration' when running terraform import?

The cloud provider credentials are invalid

The resource address is not defined in the Terraform configuration

A developer is trying to import an existing Google Cloud Storage bucket into Terraform. They run the command: terraform import google_storage_bucket.bucket my-bucket-name. The command fails with the error: 'Error: Cannot import non-existent remote object'. What is the most likely cause?

The bucket has already been imported into state.

The bucket name is incorrect or the bucket does not exist in the specified project.

The resource block is missing from the configuration.

The user does not have permission to access the bucket.

An organization has imported a legacy Azure VM into Terraform. After import, they run terraform plan and see that Terraform wants to change the VM's SKU size from Standard_D2s_v3 to Standard_B2s. The actual VM is running Standard_D2s_v3. What should the team do to ensure the next terraform apply does not resize the VM?

Update the configuration to specify vm_size = "Standard_D2s_v3".

Run terraform apply -target=azurerm_virtual_machine.vm to force the change.

Run terraform state rm azurerm_virtual_machine.vm and re-import.

Remove the vm_size attribute from the configuration.

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7a Import Existing Infrastructure into Your Terraform Workspace TERRAFORM-ASSOCIATE-004 Practice Questions (Page 3)

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11foundation · medium
Which Terraform command is used to bring an existing cloud resource into Terraform management by adding it to the state file?
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A company has imported an existing Azure App Service plan into Terraform. The plan is named 'asp-prod' and is in the 'prod-rg' resource group. The configuration has a resource block azurerm_app_service_plan.main. After import, they run terraform plan and see that Terraform wants to change the SKU tier from 'PremiumV3' to 'Standard'. The actual plan is PremiumV3. What is the most likely reason for this?
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13foundation · medium
What is a common cause of the error 'resource address ... does not exist in the configuration' when running terraform import?
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14application · medium
A developer is trying to import an existing Google Cloud Storage bucket into Terraform. They run the command: terraform import google_storage_bucket.bucket my-bucket-name. The command fails with the error: 'Error: Cannot import non-existent remote object'. What is the most likely cause?
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15application · medium
An organization has imported a legacy Azure VM into Terraform. After import, they run terraform plan and see that Terraform wants to change the VM's SKU size from Standard_D2s_v3 to Standard_B2s. The actual VM is running Standard_D2s_v3. What should the team do to ensure the next terraform apply does not resize the VM?
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7a Import Existing Infrastructure into Your Terraform Workspace TERRAFORM-ASSOCIATE-004 Practice Questions (Page 3)

Questions 11–15

Which Terraform command is used to bring an existing cloud resource into Terraform management by adding it to the state file?

What is a common cause of the error 'resource address ... does not exist in the configuration' when running terraform import?

A developer is trying to import an existing Google Cloud Storage bucket into Terraform. They run the command: terraform import google_storage_bucket.bucket my-bucket-name. The command fails with the error: 'Error: Cannot import non-existent remote object'. What is the most likely cause?

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