A team is using a CI/CD pipeline to manage infrastructure. They want to implement a safe destruction process for a staging environment. Which approach best balances automation and safety?

Run `terraform destroy -target=module.staging` to limit the scope.

Run `terraform destroy -auto-approve` in the pipeline for speed.

Run `terraform destroy` manually every time.

Run `terraform plan -destroy` in the pipeline, require manual approval, then run `terraform apply`.

A developer ran `terraform apply` to create a web server and a database instance, but now realizes the configuration is wrong and wants to remove everything they created. They are in the same directory with the same state file. What should they do to remove all resources from the configuration?

Manually delete the resources in the cloud provider console and then run `terraform apply`.

Run `terraform destroy` and review the plan before confirming.

Run `terraform plan -destroy` and then `terraform apply`.

Run `terraform destroy -auto-approve` to skip the confirmation prompt.

What is the role of the state file during `terraform destroy`?

It is ignored during destroy because Terraform uses the configuration only.

It is locked and cannot be accessed during destroy.

It is only used to store outputs and is not involved in destruction.

It is used to identify which resources to destroy.

Which practice is recommended before running `terraform destroy` to ensure you understand what will be removed?

Delete the state file to force a clean slate.

Run `terraform plan -destroy` and review the output.

Run `terraform apply` to ensure the configuration is up to date.

Use `-auto-approve` to speed up the process.

An operator needs to destroy a set of resources in a specific order to avoid dependency errors. They have a configuration with a VPC, a subnet, and an EC2 instance. What is the correct way to handle this?

Run `terraform destroy` and let Terraform handle the dependency order automatically.

Run `terraform destroy -target=aws_vpc.main` first, then the subnet, then the instance.

Run `terraform destroy -var=destroy_order=instance,subnet,vpc`.

Manually delete the instance, then the subnet, then the VPC in the cloud console.

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A team is using a CI/CD pipeline to manage infrastructure. They want to implement a safe destruction process for a staging environment. Which approach best balances automation and safety?
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A developer ran `terraform apply` to create a web server and a database instance, but now realizes the configuration is wrong and wants to remove everything they created. They are in the same directory with the same state file. What should they do to remove all resources from the configuration?
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What is the role of the state file during `terraform destroy`?
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Which practice is recommended before running `terraform destroy` to ensure you understand what will be removed?
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An operator needs to destroy a set of resources in a specific order to avoid dependency errors. They have a configuration with a VPC, a subnet, and an EC2 instance. What is the correct way to handle this?
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