What is the primary purpose of HCP Terraform (formerly Terraform Cloud) as a managed service?

To host a centralized platform that manages Terraform workflows, including remote state, runs, and collaboration

To serve as a cloud provider that hosts virtual machines and containers

To replace the Terraform CLI entirely, removing the need for any local tooling

To provide a graphical interface for manually creating cloud resources without writing code

What is the main benefit of connecting a VCS repository to an HCP Terraform workspace?

It allows HCP Terraform to automatically start runs when changes are pushed to the repository

It enables HCP Terraform to store the state file inside the repository

It allows multiple users to edit the same configuration simultaneously without conflicts

It provides a backup of the Terraform configuration in the cloud

How can you mark a variable as sensitive in an HCP Terraform workspace?

By using the 'variable' block with a 'sensitive = true' argument in the configuration

By storing the variable in a separate 'secrets' workspace

By prefixing the variable name with 'secret_'

By selecting the 'Sensitive' checkbox when creating or editing the variable

A DevOps engineer needs to trigger a Terraform apply for a workspace in HCP Terraform from a CI/CD pipeline. They want to use the HCP Terraform API to start the run. What is the correct sequence of API calls?

Call the apply endpoint directly without creating a plan.

Use the workspace's webhook URL to trigger a run.

Create a run with the workspace ID and then wait for the run to complete.

First create a configuration version, then create a run using that configuration version.

After an apply completes in HCP Terraform, how can you verify that the resources were created correctly?

By deleting the workspace and recreating it

By checking the VCS repository for new commits

By checking the run's apply logs for success messages

By running 'terraform destroy' to check for errors

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8a Use HCP Terraform to Create Infrastructure TERRAFORM-ASSOCIATE-004 Practice Questions (Page 6)

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A DevOps engineer needs to trigger a Terraform apply for a workspace in HCP Terraform from a CI/CD pipeline. They want to use the HCP Terraform API to start the run. What is the correct sequence of API calls?
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