Infrastructure as Code Concept Check

Question 1

What command is used to download required providers and initialize the backend?

• A) terraform plan
• B) terraform apply
• C) terraform init
• D) terraform get

Answer: C

Question 2

True or False: Terraform uses an imperative approach to infrastructure provisioning.

• A) True
• B) False

Answer: B (False. It uses a declarative approach.)

Question 3

What is the purpose of the terraform.tfstate file?

• A) To store the credentials for your cloud provider.
• B) To map real-world infrastructure to your configuration.
• C) To define the modules to be downloaded.
• D) To act as a backup for your .tf files.

Answer: B

Question 4

Which of the following is the BEST reason to use a remote state backend with state locking?

• A) It makes terraform plan execute faster.
• B) It allows you to write HCL in multiple languages.
• C) It prevents concurrent executions from corrupting the state file in a team environment.
• D) It automatically provisions a database.

Answer: C

Question 5

When structuring reusable code in Terraform, which block do you use to pass values from a root configuration into a module?

• A) variable
• B) output
• C) resource
• D) data

Answer: A