A senior engineer is training a new team member on safe destruction practices. What is the key reason why Terraform requires confirmation before applying a destroy plan?

To ensure the state file is locked before making changes.

To verify that the cloud provider credentials are still valid.

To check if there are any other users working on the same configuration.

To give the user a chance to review the resources that will be removed.

An organization has a strict policy that all infrastructure changes must be reviewed by a senior engineer. They are automating the teardown of a test environment in a CI/CD pipeline. How can they ensure the destruction is reviewed while still being automated?

Use `terraform destroy -auto-approve` in the pipeline to avoid any manual steps.

Have the senior engineer manually run `terraform destroy` in their local environment.

Generate a destruction plan, have the senior engineer approve it, then apply the plan.

Use `terraform destroy -target=module.test` to limit the scope of destruction.

A team is cleaning up a temporary environment. They want to destroy only the resources that were created for a specific feature, which are all in a module called `feature_x`. They have already reviewed the plan. What command should they use?

`terraform destroy -auto-approve`

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

`terraform destroy -var=feature_x=true`

`terraform destroy -target=module.feature_x`

A practitioner wants to destroy only a specific resource while leaving others intact. Which `terraform destroy` option should they use?

-target=resource_type.resource_name

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21application · medium
A senior engineer is training a new team member on safe destruction practices. What is the key reason why Terraform requires confirmation before applying a destroy plan?
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22foundation · easy
Which `terraform destroy` option allows you to skip the interactive confirmation prompt?
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23expert · hard
An organization has a strict policy that all infrastructure changes must be reviewed by a senior engineer. They are automating the teardown of a test environment in a CI/CD pipeline. How can they ensure the destruction is reviewed while still being automated?
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24application · medium
A team is cleaning up a temporary environment. They want to destroy only the resources that were created for a specific feature, which are all in a module called `feature_x`. They have already reviewed the plan. What command should they use?
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25foundation · easy
A practitioner wants to destroy only a specific resource while leaving others intact. Which `terraform destroy` option should they use?
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