A team wants to apply a saved plan file that was created earlier. The plan file was generated with specific variable values. What must the user do to ensure the plan applies correctly?

Re-specify all variables with -var flags when applying the plan.

Run terraform plan again with the same variables and then apply.

Run terraform apply with the plan file as an argument, without re-specifying variables.

Run terraform apply -refresh=true with the plan file.

During `terraform apply`, you see the message `aws_instance.web: Creation complete after 1m2s`. What does this message indicate?

The resource was successfully created.

The resource was skipped because it already exists.

The resource was modified in place.

The resource was destroyed and recreated.

A team generates a plan file named 'prod.tfplan' and saves it to a shared location. Another engineer needs to apply this exact plan without re-evaluating the configuration. Which command should the engineer run?

terraform plan -out=prod.tfplan

terraform apply -var-file=prod.tfplan

In the standard Terraform workflow, which sequence of commands is typically used before `terraform apply` to review the changes?

`terraform init` then `terraform plan`

`terraform import` then `terraform output`

`terraform fmt` then `terraform state list`

`terraform validate` then `terraform refresh`

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Domain 1Objective 3

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

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 18 practice questions to prepare you well beyond it. (estimate)

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1foundation · easy
You want to configure `terraform apply` to wait for the state lock to be released instead of failing immediately. Which option should you use?
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2application · medium
A team wants to apply a saved plan file that was created earlier. The plan file was generated with specific variable values. What must the user do to ensure the plan applies correctly?
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3foundation · easy
During `terraform apply`, you see the message `aws_instance.web: Creation complete after 1m2s`. What does this message indicate?
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4application · medium
A team generates a plan file named 'prod.tfplan' and saves it to a shared location. Another engineer needs to apply this exact plan without re-evaluating the configuration. Which command should the engineer run?
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5foundation · easy
In the standard Terraform workflow, which sequence of commands is typically used before `terraform apply` to review the changes?
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