Terraform Professional Practice Questions - HashiCorp Terraform Authoring and Operations Professional Exam - Terraform Professional Practice Questions - HashiCorp Terraform Authoring and Operations Professional Exam

Question 1

An AWS IAM role named app-prod-role was created manually before Terraform was adopted. After adding an aws_iam_role resource block, what is the safest next step if you want Terraform to manage the existing role without recreating it?

Run terraform import for the resource address and existing role name Run terraform taint so Terraform refreshes the object Run terraform apply -replace on the resource Delete the role manually and let Terraform recreate it

Correct Answer:

Run terraform import for the resource address and existing role name

Question 2

During an operations review, you need to see only drift between Terraform state and the real AWS environment without proposing configuration changes. Which command is most appropriate?

terraform validate terraform plan -refresh-only terraform apply -refresh-only terraform state list

Correct Answer:

terraform plan -refresh-only

Question 3

A production RDS instance must never be destroyed by a normal Terraform apply, even if someone removes its resource block or makes a change that would force replacement. Which lifecycle setting best enforces this?

create_before_destroy = true ignore_changes = all prevent_destroy = true replace_triggered_by = [var.engine_version]

Correct Answer:

prevent_destroy = true

Question 4

An EC2 launch template should be replaced whenever a separate aws_ami_copy.gold image resource changes, even if no direct argument in the launch template changes. Which lifecycle argument is designed for this?

ignore_changes replace_triggered_by prevent_destroy create_before_destroy

Correct Answer:

replace_triggered_by

Question 5

Before decommissioning a short-lived AWS sandbox, you want a reviewable execution plan that shows what Terraform would delete. Which command should you run first?

terraform plan -destroy terraform destroy -auto-approve terraform apply -destroy terraform state rm

Correct Answer:

terraform plan -destroy

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