An administrator needs to destroy a set of resources in a specific environment, but the configuration uses variables that are defined in a file. They want to ensure the destruction uses the correct values. What command should they run?

`terraform destroy -var=environment=production`

`terraform destroy -target=module.production`

`terraform destroy -auto-approve`

`terraform destroy -var-file=production.tfvars`

A team is decommissioning a legacy application. They want to destroy all resources in the configuration without any manual confirmation, because they have already reviewed the plan in a CI/CD pipeline. What command should they use?

`terraform destroy -target=aws_instance.legacy`

`terraform destroy -var-file=prod.tfvars`

`terraform destroy -lock=false`

`terraform destroy -auto-approve`

An operator needs to destroy only a specific test virtual machine (VM) that was created by Terraform, but they want to leave all other resources in the configuration untouched. They have already reviewed the plan. What command should they run?

`terraform destroy -target=aws_instance.test_vm`

`terraform destroy -var=instance_count=0`

`terraform destroy -auto-approve`

`terraform destroy -var-file=test.tfvars`

When is it appropriate to use targeted destruction with `terraform destroy -target`?

When you need to remove only a specific resource without affecting others.

When you want to destroy all resources but skip the confirmation prompt.

When you want to destroy resources that are not in the state file.

When you want to destroy resources in a different region.

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1application · medium
An administrator needs to destroy a set of resources in a specific environment, but the configuration uses variables that are defined in a file. They want to ensure the destruction uses the correct values. What command should they run?
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2application · medium
A team is decommissioning a legacy application. They want to destroy all resources in the configuration without any manual confirmation, because they have already reviewed the plan in a CI/CD pipeline. What command should they use?
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3application · medium
An operator needs to destroy only a specific test virtual machine (VM) that was created by Terraform, but they want to leave all other resources in the configuration untouched. They have already reviewed the plan. What command should they run?
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4foundation · easy
When is it appropriate to use targeted destruction with `terraform destroy -target`?
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5application · medium
An engineer is running a destroy operation in a CI/CD pipeline and needs to pass a specific variable value that is not in any file. What flag should they use?
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Questions 1–5

An administrator needs to destroy a set of resources in a specific environment, but the configuration uses variables that are defined in a file. They want to ensure the destruction uses the correct values. What command should they run?

A team is decommissioning a legacy application. They want to destroy all resources in the configuration without any manual confirmation, because they have already reviewed the plan in a CI/CD pipeline. What command should they use?

An operator needs to destroy only a specific test virtual machine (VM) that was created by Terraform, but they want to leave all other resources in the configuration untouched. They have already reviewed the plan. What command should they run?

When is it appropriate to use targeted destruction with `terraform destroy -target`?

An engineer is running a destroy operation in a CI/CD pipeline and needs to pass a specific variable value that is not in any file. What flag should they use?

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