Are You a Master of Terraform? Test Your Skills with This Complex Quiz!
Prepare to put your knowledge of Terraform to the ultimate test with this challenging quiz. See how many correct answers you can score out of 20!
1. What is Terraform primarily used for?
Developing application code
Managing infrastructure as code
Creating database schemas
Automating software tests
2. Which language is used to write Terraform configuration files?
3. What command is used to initialize a working directory containing Terraform configuration files?
terraform apply
terraform plan
terraform init
terraform refresh
4. Where are the provider plugins stored after you run 'terraform init'?
In the .terraform/plugins directory
In the .tfstate file
In the terraform.log file
In the Terraform Cloud
5. How do you define a variable in a Terraform configuration file?
variable 'name' { type = string }
variable "name" { type = string }
var 'name' = string
var "name" = string
6. Which of the following is the correct file extension for Terraform files?
.tf
.tfvars
.terraform
.tffile
7. What does 'terraform apply' do?
Initializes the Terraform configuration
Validates the Terraform configuration
Applies the changes required to reach the desired state
Removes the current configuration and state file
8. How can you see the execution plan for a Terraform configuration?
terraform show
terraform validate
terraform plan
terraform output
9. Which Terraform configuration block is used to specify the cloud provider?
provider
resource
module
variable
10. Which file should be used to store sensitive information like AWS Access Keys?
main.tf
variables.tf
terraform.tfvars
outputs.tf
11. What is the default output format of Terraform plan?
12. Which command is used to delete the infrastructure managed by Terraform?
terraform delete
terraform destroy
terraform remove
terraform down
13. In which file does Terraform store the state of the managed infrastructure?
terraform.tfstate
terraform.statefile
state.tf
statefile.tf
14. How do you upgrade Terraform provider versions?
By running 'terraform upgrade'
By running 'terraform refresh'
By manually updating the version in the configuration
By running 'terraform init'
15. How can you define reusable configurations in Terraform?
Using modules
Using templates
Using snippets
Using macros
16. What is a Terraform backend used for?
Storing configuration files
Managing provider plugins
Executing Terraform commands
Storing Terraform state files
17. What does the 'terraform fmt' command do?
Formats configuration files to a canonical format
Tests the configuration files for syntax errors
Applies the changes required to reach the desired state
Generates a plan for the configuration
18. Which of these can be used to enable state locking in Terraform?
DynamoDB
Redis
MySQL
PostgreSQL
19. How can you define outputs to be displayed when the 'apply' or 'plan' command is executed?
Using the output block
Using the variable block
Using the display block
Using the format block
20. Which command should be used to create an execution plan in Terraform?
terraform validate
terraform output
terraform plan
terraform init
