HashiCorp TA-002-P Exam Practice Test Instant Access

Question 1

True or False? When using the Terraform provider for Vault, the tight integration between these HashiCorp tools provides the ability to mask secrets in the terraform plan and state files.

AFalse

BTrue
Explanation
Currently, Terraform has no mechanism to redact or protect secrets that are returned via data sources, so secrets read via this provider will be persisted into the Terraform state, into any plan files, and in some cases in the console output produced while planning and applying. These artifacts must, therefore, all be protected accordingly.

Answer : A

Question 2

Which of the following statements best describes the Terraform list(...) type?

Aa collection of values where each is identified by a string label.

Ba sequence of values identified by consecutive whole numbers starting with zero.

Ca collection of unique values that do not have any secondary identifiers or ordering.

Da collection of named attributes that each have their own type.
Explanation
A terraform list is a sequence of values identified by consecutive whole numbers starting with zero. https://www.terraform.io/docs/configuration/types.html#structural-types

Answer : B

Question 3

Which of the following is not a valid Terraform string function?

Areplace

Bformat

Cjoin

Dtostring
Explanation
https://www.terraform.io/docs/configuration/functions/tostring.html

Answer : D

Question 4

During a terraform plan, a resource is successfully created but eventually fails during provisioning. What happens to the resource?

ATerraform attempts to provision the resource up to three times before exiting with an error

Bthe terraform plan is rolled back and all provisioned resources are removed

Cit is automatically deleted

Dthe resource is marked as tainted
Explanation
If a resource successfully creates but fails during provisioning, Terraform will error and mark the resource as 'tainted'. A resource that is tainted has been physically created, but can't be considered safe to use since provisioning failed. Terraform also does not automatically roll back and destroy the resource during the apply when the failure happens, because that would go against the execution plan: the execution plan would've said a resource will be created, but does not say it will ever be deleted.

Answer : D

Question 5

Which of the following commands will launch the Interactive console for Terraform interpolations?

Aterraform console

Bterraform cli

Cterraform

Dterraform cmdline
Explanation
https://www.terraform.io/docs/commands/console.html

Answer : B

Question 6

resource "aws_s3_bucket" "example" { bucket = "my-test-s3-terraform-bucket" ...} resource "aws_iam_role" "test_role" { name = "test_role" ...}

Due to the way that the application code is written , the s3 bucket must be created before the test role is created , otherwise there will be a problem. How can you ensure that?

AThis will already be taken care of by terraform native implicit dependency. Nothing else needs to be done from your end.

BAdd explicit dependency using depends_on . This will ensure the correct order of resource creation.

CCreate 2 separate terraform config scripts , and run them one by one , 1 for s3 bucket , and another for IAM role , run the S3 bucket script first.

DThis is not possible to control in terraform . Terraform will take care of it in a native way , and create a dependency graph that is best suited for the parallel resource creation.

Answer : B

Question 7

What does the command terraform fmt do?

ARewrite Terraform configuration files to a canonical format and style.

BDeletes the existing configuration file.

CUpdates the font of the configuration file to the official font supported by HashiCorp.

DFormats the state file in order to ensure the latest state of resources can be obtained.

Answer : A

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