[UPDATED 2026] HashiCorp Terraform-Associate-004 Questions Prepare with Free Demo of PDF [Q53-Q75]

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[UPDATED 2026] HashiCorp Terraform-Associate-004 Questions Prepare with Free Demo of PDF

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HashiCorp Terraform-Associate-004 Exam Syllabus Topics:

Topic	Details
Topic 1	Terraform configuration: This domain covers writing Terraform code including resources and data blocks, using variables and outputs, handling complex types, creating dynamic configurations with expressions and functions, managing dependencies, implementing validation, and handling sensitive data.
Topic 2	Core Terraform workflow: This domain focuses on the essential workflow steps: initializing directories, validating configurations, generating execution plans, applying changes, destroying infrastructure, and formatting code.
Topic 3	Terraform state management: This domain focuses on managing Terraform’s state file, understanding local and remote backends, implementing state locking, and handling resource drift.
Topic 4	Maintain infrastructure with Terraform: This domain addresses importing existing infrastructure into Terraform, inspecting state using CLI commands, and using verbose logging for troubleshooting.
Topic 5	Terraform modules: This domain explains organizing and reusing code through modules, understanding variable scope between modules, implementing modules in configurations, and managing module versions.

Q53. HashiCorp Configuration Language (HCL) supports user-denned functions.

True

False

Q54. In Terraform HCL, an object type of object({name=string, age-number}) would match this value.

Option A

Option B

Option C

Option D

Q55. You want to know from which paths Terraform is loading providers referenced in your Terraform configuration (* files). You need to enable additional logging messages to find this out. Which of the following would achieve this?

Set verbose for each provider in your Terraform configuration

Set the environment variable TF_LOG_TRACE

Set the environment variable TF_LOG_PATH

Set the environment variable TF_log_TRACE

Q56. Which Terraform collection type should you use to store key/value pairs?

Set

Map

Tuple

list

Q57. When you use a backend that requires authentication, it is best practice to:

Run all of your Terraform commands on a shared server or container.

Configure the authentication credentials in your Terraform configuration files, and store them in a private version control system.

Use environment variables to configure authentication credentials outside of your Terraform configuration.

None of the above.

Q58. Which syntax check returns an error when you run terraform validate ?

The state file does not match the current infrastructure.

The code contains tabs for indentation instead of spaces.

There is a missing variable block.

None of these will return an error.

Q59. You need to deploy resources into two different regions in the same Terraform configuration using the block shown in the exhibit below.
What do you need to add to the provider configuration to deploy the resource to the us-west-2 AWS region?

Q60. How does Terraform manage most dependencies between resources?

Terraform will automatically manage most resource dependencies

Using the depends_on parameter

By defining dependencies as modules and including them in a particular order

The order that resources appear in Terraform configuration indicates dependencies

Q61. Which of the following locations can Terraform use as aprivate sourcefor modules?(Pick 2 correct responses)

Public repository on GitHub.

Public Terraform Registry.

Internally hosted VCS (Version Control System) platform.

Private repository on GitHub.

Q62. You can define multiple backend blocks in your Terraform configuration to store your state in multiple locations.

True

False

Q63. Which of the following is not a valid source path for specifying a module?

source – “github.com/hashicorp/examplePref-ul.0.8M

source = “./module?version=vl.6.0”

source – “hashicorp/consul/aws”

source – “./module”

Q64. When does Terraform create the .terraform.lock.hc1 file?

After your first terraform plan

After your first terraform apply

After your first terraform init

When you enable state locking

Q65. The Terraform binary version and provider versions must match each other in a single configuration.

True

False

Q66. What is the Terraform style convention for indenting a nesting level compared to the one above it?

With a tab

With two spaces

With four spaces

With three spaces

Q67. Which of these are features of Terraform Cloud? Choose two correct answers.

A web-based user interface (Ul)

Automated infrastructure deployment visualization

Automatic backups

Remote state storage

Q68. Which statements are true? Choose two correct answers.

When a resource has a count meta-argument, Terraform evaluates the precondition for each instance.

A precondition cannot reference attributes of another resource that are only known after apply.

A precondition in a resource block must pass for Terraform to create the resource.

If a resource’s postcondition block fails, Terraform still creates the resources that depend on it.

Q69. Which of these commands makes your code more human readable?

Terraform validate

Terraform output

Terraform show

Terraform file

Q70. Running terraform fmt without any flags in a directory with Terraform configuration files check the formatting of those files without changing their contents.

True

False

Q71. You corrected a typo in a resource name, changing it from aws_s3_bucket.photoes to aws_s3_bucket.photos.
You want to update the Terraform state so that the existing resource is recognized under the new name, without destroying and recreating it. Which configuration should you use?

Remove the old resource from your configuration and re-import it.

Run terraform apply -refresh-only.

Do nothing – Terraform will automatically update the state.

Add a moved block to your configuration.

Q72. The terraform output command shows outputs from child modules.

True

False

Q73. Which statements are true about terraform apply ? (Choose TWO correct answers)

Depending on the provider specification, Terraform may need to destroy and recreate your infrastructure resources.

It only operates on infrastructure defined in the current working directory or workspace.

You must pass the output of a terraform plan command to it.

By default, it does not refresh your state file to reflect the current infrastructure configuration.

You cannot target specific resources for the operation.

Q74. Which of the following is not a valid string function in Terraform?

chomp

join

slice

split

Q75. You have a saved execution plan containing desired changes for infrastructure managed by Terraform. After running the command terraform apply my.tfplan , you receive the error shown in the exhibit below.
Exhibit:
Error: Saved plan is stale
The given plan file can no longer be applied because the state was changed by another operation after the plan was created.
How can you apply the desired changes? (Choose TWO correct answers)

Update the current plan file using the terraform state push command.

Refresh the current state data using the -refresh-only flag.

Force the apply command by adding the flag -lock=false .

Generate a new execution plan file with terraform plan , and apply the new plan.

Run terraform apply without the saved execution plan.