How are data sources refreshed in Terraform?

They are refreshed only when explicitly requested with 'terraform refresh'

They are refreshed only when the provider is updated

They are refreshed on every plan and apply operation

They are refreshed only when the configuration changes

When does Terraform read data sources during a plan?

Only when the data source is referenced in a resource

Only when the configuration is first initialized

During the refresh phase, before computing the plan

Only during apply, not during plan

A terraform plan fails with the error: "Error: Invalid data source: data.aws_ami.example: no AMI found matching the criteria." The team has verified that the AMI exists and the filters are correct. What is the most likely cause?

The provider credentials do not have permission to describe AMIs.

The AMI is not in the available state.

The AMI is in a different region than the one configured in the provider.

The AMI is owned by a different account and the owners argument is not specified.

A configuration uses the aws_ami data source to find the latest Amazon Linux 2 AMI. The filter returns multiple AMIs owned by different accounts. The team wants to ensure only AMIs from a specific owner are considered. Which argument should be added to the data block?

filter { name = "owner-id" values = ["amazon"] }

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How are data sources refreshed in Terraform?
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When does Terraform read data sources during a plan?
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Given a data source declared as data "aws_ami" "ubuntu" { ... }, how do you reference its 'id' attribute?
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A terraform plan fails with the error: "Error: Invalid data source: data.aws_ami.example: no AMI found matching the criteria." The team has verified that the AMI exists and the filters are correct. What is the most likely cause?
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A configuration uses the aws_ami data source to find the latest Amazon Linux 2 AMI. The filter returns multiple AMIs owned by different accounts. The team wants to ensure only AMIs from a specific owner are considered. Which argument should be added to the data block?
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