Quiz — Why Terraform and How It Works

Validation Quiz · Module 1 — Why Terraform, and a First Local Project · Individual Multiple Choice

Content evaluated: what Terraform does that a console, a script or a runbook do not (declarative, idempotence, drift, state); the four pieces (configuration, CLI, providers, state); reading an HCL block (resource "type" "name", arguments, path.module, required_providers); the cycle init → fmt → validate → plan → apply → state → destroy and the exact sentences each command displays; reading a plan (+, -/+, # forces replacement, (known after apply), Plan: N to add, N to change, N to destroy.); the state (state list, state show, terraform.tfstate, why never edit or share it); files created by init; error messages from Project 01 and the two fundamental workshops.

Instructions: 40 multiple choice questions. One correct answer per question. All outputs cited are from Project 01 and the module workshops, captured with Terraform 1.12.2. Detailed answer key displays after submission.