3b TERRAFORM-AUTHORING-AND-OPERATIONS-PROFESSIONAL Practice Questions (Page 3)

Questions 11–15

1. 11foundation · medium

   What command is used to migrate an existing local state to a newly configured remote backend?

   • Aterraform state push
   • Bterraform refresh
   • Cterraform apply
   • Dterraform init
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2. 12foundation · medium

   What is a common use case for enabling versioning on a remote state backend?

   • ATo allow multiple users to write to the state simultaneously
   • BTo reduce the storage cost of the state file
   • CTo recover from accidental state corruption or deletion
   • DTo automatically resolve merge conflicts in state files
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4. 13expert · medium

   A team uses a single Terraform configuration with an S3 backend and workspaces for dev, staging, and prod. They want to ensure that a terraform apply in the dev workspace does not affect the prod workspace. What is the best way to achieve this?

   • AEnsure that each workspace has its own state file, which Terraform does automatically
   • BUse the terraform.workspace variable to conditionally configure resources
   • CUse terraform workspace select to switch between workspaces before running apply
   • DUse separate backend configurations for each workspace
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5. 14foundation · medium

   How does Terraform store state for different workspaces when using a remote backend?

   • AWorkspaces require a separate backend configuration for each environment.
   • BWorkspace state is stored locally only, even with a remote backend.
   • CAll workspaces share a single state file with workspace labels.
   • DEach workspace has its own separate state file in the backend.
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6. 15application · medium

   A networking team manages a shared VPC in a separate Terraform configuration and stores its state in an S3 backend. An application team wants to read the VPC ID and subnet IDs from that state to use in their own configuration. The application team has read-only access to the S3 bucket. What should the application team add to their configuration?

   • AA backend "s3" block that points to the networking team's state
   • BA terraform_remote_state resource block with the backend type and the bucket/key parameters
   • CAn output block that references the S3 bucket directly
   • DA data "terraform_remote_state" block with the backend type and the bucket/key parameters
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