Curious about Actual HashiCorp Infrastructure Automation (Terraform-Associate-003) Exam Questions?

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The terraform refresh-only command is intended to detect state file drift. This command synchronizes the state file with the actual infrastructure, updating the state to reflect any changes that have occurred outside of Terraform.

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The terraform fmt command is used to format Terraform configuration files to a canonical format and style. This ensures that all team members are using a consistent style, making the code easier to read and maintain. It automatically applies Terraform's standard formatting conventions to your configuration files, helping maintain consistency across the team's codebase.

Terraform documentation on terraform fmt: Terraform Fmt

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In Terraform, when you use the count meta-argument, you can reference individual instances using an index. The indexing starts at 0, so to reference the 'name' value of the second instance, you would use aws_instance.web[1].name. This syntax allows you to access the properties of specific instances in a list generated by the count argument.

Terraform documentation on count and accessing resource instances: Terraform Count

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In Terraform, the max function can be used to select the largest number from a list of numbers. The max function takes multiple arguments and returns the highest one. For the list numcpus = [18, 3, 7, 11, 2], using max(numcpus...) will return 18, which is the largest number in the list.

Terraform documentation on max function: Terraform Functions - max

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Not all modules published on the official Terraform Module Registry have been verified by HashiCorp. While HashiCorp verifies some modules, there are many community-contributed modules that are not verified. Verified modules have a 'Verified' badge indicating that HashiCorp has reviewed them for security and best practices, but the registry also includes unverified modules.

Terraform Module Registry documentation: Terraform Registry