Free HashiCorp Terraform-Associate-004 Exam Questions

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Question 1

A senior admin accidentally deleted some of your cloud instances. What will Terraform do when yourun terraform apply?

A : Tear down the entire workspace's infrastructure and rebuild it.

B : Build a completely brand new set of infrastructure.

C : Rebuild only the instances that were deleted.

D : Stop and generate an error message about the missing instances.

Answer: C

Question 2

You have a set of city names, but the module input expects a list of strings. Which expression correctly converts the set to a list?variable "cities" { type = set(string) default = ["pune", "goa", "austin", "agra"]}

A : module "trip" { source = "./modules/trip" city_list = values(var.cities)}

B : module "trip" { source = "./modules/trip" city_list = var.cities[0]}

C : module "trip" { source = "./modules/trip" city_list = tolist(var.cities)}

D : module "trip" { source = "./modules/trip" city_list = flatten(var.cities)}

Answer: C

Question 3

Your team adopts AWS CloudFormation as the standardized method for provisioning public cloud resources. Which scenario presents a challenge for your team?

A : Building a reusable code base that can deploy resources into any AWS region.

B : Managing a new application stack built on AWS-native services.

C : Automating a manual, web console-based provisioning process.

D : Deploying new infrastructure into Microsoft Azure.

Answer: D

Question 4

You join a new team and run terraform plan in a repository without running terraform init first. Which errors might you encounter? (select two)

A : Error: Invalid configuration syntax indicating problems with the .tf files

B : Error: Terraform version mismatch indicating you need a different Terraform version

C : Error: Backend initialization required indicating the backend hasn't been configured

D : Error: Could not load plugin indicating provider plugins are not installed

E : Error: State file is corrupted indicating the state needs to be recovered

Answer: C,D

Question 5

What is the .terraform.lock.hcl file and when does Terraform create or modify it?

A : The .terraform.lock.hcl file is a state snapshot used by Terraform. It is created or updated every time you run terraform apply.

B : The .terraform.lock.hcl file is a concurrency lock to prevent simultaneous runs. It is created or updated every time you run a terraform plan.

C : The .terraform.lock.hcl file is a dependency lock file used by Terraform. It is created or updated every time you run terraform init.

D : The .terraform.lock.hcl file contains backend connection and credentials settings. It is created or updated every time you modify the backend.

Answer: C

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Total 709 Questions | Updated On: Aug 02, 2026

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