HashiCorp Terraform Associate 003 Practice Exams
Last updated on Oct 21,2026- Exam Code: Terraform Associate 003
- Exam Name: HashiCorp Certified: Terraform Associate (003)
- Certification Provider: HashiCorp
- Latest update: Oct 21,2026
How can terraform plan aid in the development process?
- A . Initializes your working directory containing your Terraform configuration files
- B . Validates your expectations against the execution plan without permanently modifying state
- C . Formats your Terraform configuration files
- D . Reconciles Terraform’s state against deployed resources and permanently modifies state using the current status of deployed resources
Which of these commands makes your code more human readable?
- A . Terraform validate
- B . Terraform output
- C . Terraform show
- D . Terraform fmt
As a developer, you want to ensure your plugins are up to date with the latest versions.
Which Terraform command should you use?
- A . terraform refresh -upgrade
- B . terraform apply -upgrade
- C . terraform init -upgrade
- D . terraform providers -upgrade
Terraform configuration can only import modules from the public registry.
- A . True
- B . False
How does Terraform determine dependencies between resources?
- A . Terraform requires resource dependencies to be defined as modules and sourced in order
- B . Terraform automatically builds a resource graph based on resources provisioners, special meta-parameters, and the stale file (if present}
- C . Terraform requires resources in a configuration to be listed m the order they will be created to determine dependencies
- D . Terraform requires all dependencies between resources to be specified using the depends_on parameter
Your root module contains a variable named num_servers.
Which is the correct way to pass its value to a child module with an input named servers?
- A . servers = num_servers
- B . servers = var(num_servers)
- C . servers = var.num_servers
- D . servers = ${var.num_servers}
A provider configuration block is required in every Terraform configuration.
Example:
- A . True
- B . False
HashiCorp Configuration Language (HCL) supports user-denned functions.
- A . True
- B . False
Multiple team members are collaborating on infrastructure using Terraform and want to format the*
Terraform code following standard Terraform-style convention.
How should they ensure the code satisfies conventions?
- A . Terraform automatically formats configuration on terraform apply
- B . Run terraform validate prior to executing terraform plan or terraform apply
- C . Use terraform fmt
- D . Replace all tabs with spaces
When do changes invoked by terraform apply take effect?
- A . After Terraform has updated the state file
- B . Once the resource provider has fulfilled the request
- C . Immediately
- D . None of the above are correct