A plan in HCP Terraform is in the 'cost estimating' phase, but the run is taking longer than expected. You need to determine if the delay is due to the cost estimation service or something else. What is the best way to diagnose this?

Check the workspace's settings to see if cost estimation is disabled.

Cancel the run and re-run it with a different cost estimation provider.

Check the run logs for the cost estimation API call.

Verify that the plan has no policy checks that might be blocking.

A plan in HCP Terraform has completed successfully, but the run is in the 'policy check' phase and shows a 'soft failed' status. What does this mean, and what is the impact on the run?

A policy has failed, but an administrator can override it and continue to apply.

The plan passed all policies; the run will proceed to apply.

The plan is discarded and must be re-run after fixing the policy violation.

The policy check is still running; wait for the final result.

A plan in HCP Terraform is in the 'cost estimating' phase. You notice it has been stuck there for several minutes. What is the most likely cause, and what should you do?

The plan is waiting for a policy check to complete; check the policy results.

The plan is queued behind another run; check the run queue.

The workspace has a hard limit on cost estimation; you must upgrade your plan.

The cost estimation service is temporarily unavailable; wait and then re-run the plan.

A run in HCP Terraform is in the 'applying' state when the underlying cloud provider returns a transient network error. The apply fails. What does HCP Terraform do by default?

It pauses the run and waits for a manual retry.

It automatically retries the apply up to three times.

It rolls back the changes automatically.

It marks the run as errored and you must re-run the apply.

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6a TERRAFORM-AUTHORING-AND-OPERATIONS-PROFESSIONAL Practice Questions (Page 4)

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16foundation · easy
Which of the following is an optional feature that can run during the plan phase in HCP Terraform?
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17expert · medium
A plan in HCP Terraform is in the 'cost estimating' phase, but the run is taking longer than expected. You need to determine if the delay is due to the cost estimation service or something else. What is the best way to diagnose this?
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18application · medium
A plan in HCP Terraform has completed successfully, but the run is in the 'policy check' phase and shows a 'soft failed' status. What does this mean, and what is the impact on the run?
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19application · medium
A plan in HCP Terraform is in the 'cost estimating' phase. You notice it has been stuck there for several minutes. What is the most likely cause, and what should you do?
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20application · medium
A run in HCP Terraform is in the 'applying' state when the underlying cloud provider returns a transient network error. The apply fails. What does HCP Terraform do by default?
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