After saving a plan with `terraform plan -out=plan.out`, how do you apply that exact plan?

Run `terraform apply` without arguments

Run `terraform apply -out=plan.out`

A team follows a strict change-management process where a plan must be reviewed and approved before any changes are applied. They generate a plan with terraform plan -out=change.plan. Later, an engineer runs terraform apply change.plan. What is the primary benefit of this workflow?

It guarantees that the apply will not fail due to configuration errors.

It ensures the exact changes from the reviewed plan are applied, even if the configuration or state has changed.

It allows the apply to be run without requiring any credentials.

It speeds up the apply process by skipping the refresh step.

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Domain 1Objective 2

1b TERRAFORM-AUTHORING-AND-OPERATIONS-PROFESSIONAL Practice Questions (Page 4)

Part of the Manage resource lifecycle domain, which makes up ~18% of our current practice bank. HashiCorp does not publish an official question count, but from its 240-minute exam (~95–160 total, ~17–29 in this domain), expect 3–6 from this objective — we provide 19 practice questions to prepare you well beyond it. (estimate)

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Questions 16–19

16foundation · easy
After saving a plan with `terraform plan -out=plan.out`, how do you apply that exact plan?
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17application · medium
A team follows a strict change-management process where a plan must be reviewed and approved before any changes are applied. They generate a plan with terraform plan -out=change.plan. Later, an engineer runs terraform apply change.plan. What is the primary benefit of this workflow?
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18foundation · easy
Which `terraform plan` option generates a plan that would destroy all resources?
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19foundation · easy
Which `terraform plan` option is used to set a variable value directly on the command line?
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1b TERRAFORM-AUTHORING-AND-OPERATIONS-PROFESSIONAL Practice Questions (Page 4)

Questions 16–19

After saving a plan with `terraform plan -out=plan.out`, how do you apply that exact plan?

A team follows a strict change-management process where a plan must be reviewed and approved before any changes are applied. They generate a plan with terraform plan -out=change.plan. Later, an engineer runs terraform apply change.plan. What is the primary benefit of this workflow?

Which `terraform plan` option generates a plan that would destroy all resources?

Which `terraform plan` option is used to set a variable value directly on the command line?

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