TA-002-P Exam Questions and Answers

QUESTION: 6

You run a local-exec provisioner in a null resource called null_resource.run_script and realize that you need to rerun the script. Which of the following commands would you use first?

terraform taint null_resource.run_script
terraform apply -target=null_resource.run_script
terraform validate null_resource.run_script
terraform plan -target=null_resource.run_script

Answer(s): A

Reference:

https://www.terraform.io/cli/commands/taint

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QUESTION: 7

Which provisioner invokes a process on the resource created by Terraform?

remote-exec
null-exec
local-exec
file

Answer(s): A

Explanation:

"The local-exec provisioner invokes a local executable after a resource is created. This invokes a process on the machine running Terraform, not on the resource."

Reference:

https://www.terraform.io/language/resources/provisioners/local-exec
"The remote-exec provisioner invokes a script on a remote resource after it is created." https://www.terraform.io/language/resources/provisioners/remote-exec

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QUESTION: 8

Which of the following is not true of Terraform providers?

Providers can be written by individuals
Providers can be maintained by a community of users
Some providers are maintained by HashiCorp
Major cloud vendors and non-cloud vendors can write, maintain, or collaborate on Terraform providers
None of the above

Answer(s): E

Explanation:

This provider is collaboratively maintained by the Google Terraform Team at Google and the Terraform team at HashiCorp https://www.terraform.io/language/providers

Reference:

https://registry.terraform.io/providers/hashicorp/google/latest

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QUESTION: 9

What command does Terraform require the first time you run it within a configuration directory?

terraform import
terraform init
terraform plan
terraform workspace

Answer(s): B

Explanation:

terraform init command is used to initialize a working directory containing Terraform configuration files. Reference:
https://www.terraform.io/docs/cli/commands/init.html

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QUESTION: 10

You have deployed a new webapp with a public IP address on a clod provider. However, you did not create any outputs for your code.
What is the best method to quickly find the IP address of the resource you deployed?

Run terraform output ip_address to view the result
In a new folder, use the terraform_remote_state data source to load in the state file, then write an output for each resource that you find the state file
Run terraform state list to find the name of the resource, then terraform state show to find the attributes including public IP address
Run terraform destroy then terraform apply and look for the IP address in stdout

Answer(s): C

Reference:

https://www.terraform.io/cli/commands/state/show

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