HashiCorp Certified: Terraform Associate (003) - TA-003-P Exam Questions [2026]

QUESTION NO: 1
One remote backend configuration always maps to a single remote workspace.

A. True B. False

Correct Answer: A

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QUESTION NO: 2
Which command should you run to check if all code in a Terraform configuration that references multiple modules is properly formatted without making changes?

A. terraform fmt -check -recursive B. terraform fmt -check C. terraform fmt -list -recursive D. terraform fmt -write-false

Correct Answer: A

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QUESTION NO: 3
You're building a CI/CD (continuous integration/continuous delivery) pipeline and need to inject sensitive variables into your Terraform run.
How can you do this safely?

A. Pass variables to Terraform with a -var flag B. Copy the sensitive variables into your Terraform code C. Store the sensitive variables in a secure_varS.tf file D. Store the sensitive variables as plain text in a source code repository

Correct Answer: A

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QUESTION NO: 4
Which of the following ate advantages of using infrastructure as code (laC) instead of provisioning with a graphical user interface (GUI)? Choose two correct answers.

A. Secures your credentials B. Prevents manual modifications to your resources C. Reduces risk of operator error D. Lets you version, reuse, and share infrastructure configuration E. Provisions the same resources at a lower cost

Correct Answer: C,D

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QUESTION NO: 5
Module version is required to reference a module on the Terraform Module Registry.

A. True B. False

Correct Answer: B

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QUESTION NO: 6
HashiCorp Configuration Language (HCL) supports user-denned functions.

A. True B. False

Correct Answer: B

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QUESTION NO: 7
If a DevOps team adopts AWS CloudFormation as their standardized method for provisioning public cloud resoruces, which of the following scenarios poses a challenge for this team?

A. The organization decides to expand into Azure wishes to deploy new infrastructure B. The team is asked to manage a new application stack built on AWS-native services C. The DevOps team is tasked with automating a manual, web console-based provisioning. D. The team is asked to build a reusable code based that can deploy resources into any AWS region

Correct Answer: A

QUESTION NO: 8
You ate making changes to existing Terraform code to add some new infrastructure.
When is the best time to run terraform validate?

A. Before you run terraform apply so you can validate your provider credentials B. After you run terraform apply so you can validate your infrastructure C. Before you run terraform plan so you can validate your code syntax D. After you run terraform plan so you can validate that your state file is consistent with your infrastructure

Correct Answer: C

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QUESTION NO: 9
Which command lets you experiment with terraform expressions?

A. Terraform console B. Terraform validate C. Terraform test D. Terraform env

Correct Answer: A

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QUESTION NO: 10
Why does this backend configuration not follow best practices?

A. You should not store credentials in Terraform configuration B. An alias meta-argument should be included in backend blocks whenever possible C. The backend configuration should contain multiple credentials so that more than one user can execute terraform plan and terraform apply D. You should use the local enhanced storage backend whenever possible

Correct Answer: A

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