A team has a resource that was imported into Terraform, but the configuration does not match the real-world resource. They want to update the configuration to match the real world, but they are unsure of the exact attribute values. What is the best way to get the current attribute values?

Check the cloud provider console for the values.

Run terraform plan and look at the proposed changes.

Run terraform state show to see the current values from the state file.

Run terraform state pull and manually inspect the JSON.

A small team of five engineers is starting to use Terraform to manage a shared AWS environment. They currently use a local backend, and one engineer accidentally overwrote the state file while another was running a plan. They want to prevent this from happening again. What should they do?

Configure an S3 backend with DynamoDB locking and migrate the state using terraform init.

Create a manual process where only one person runs Terraform at a time.

Set up a Git repository for the state file and require a pull request for any changes.

Use the -lock=false flag on all commands to avoid lock contention.

What is the purpose of running terraform apply after detecting configuration drift?

To update the configuration files to match the real-world resources

To update the real-world resources to match the desired configuration

To refresh the state file without making any changes

To delete the drifted resources and recreate them

Which of the following is a benefit of using a remote state backend for Terraform?

It allows multiple team members to share and access the same state file

It automatically generates resource configuration from existing infrastructure

It eliminates the need to write configuration files

It speeds up terraform apply by running operations in parallel

A team manages a large AWS environment with Terraform. They have a resource aws_instance.web that was accidentally renamed in the configuration to aws_instance.web2, but the state still has the old address. They want to preserve the resource and its state. What is the correct sequence of commands?

Run terraform state rm aws_instance.web, then terraform import aws_instance.web2 .

Run terraform import aws_instance.web2 , then terraform state rm aws_instance.web.

Run terraform apply, which will automatically rename the resource in state.

Run terraform state mv aws_instance.web aws_instance.web2, then terraform plan.

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A team has a resource that was imported into Terraform, but the configuration does not match the real-world resource. They want to update the configuration to match the real world, but they are unsure of the exact attribute values. What is the best way to get the current attribute values?
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A small team of five engineers is starting to use Terraform to manage a shared AWS environment. They currently use a local backend, and one engineer accidentally overwrote the state file while another was running a plan. They want to prevent this from happening again. What should they do?
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What is the purpose of running terraform apply after detecting configuration drift?
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Which of the following is a benefit of using a remote state backend for Terraform?
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A team manages a large AWS environment with Terraform. They have a resource aws_instance.web that was accidentally renamed in the configuration to aws_instance.web2, but the state still has the old address. They want to preserve the resource and its state. What is the correct sequence of commands?
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