Prerequisites
- Basic terminal skills
- Basic understanding of on premises and cloud architecture
Product Version Tested
Terraform 0.15 and higher
Preparing for the Exam
The Terraform Associate 002 exam has both a study guide and a review guide. While much of the information in these two guides are the same, they are presented differently for different uses. Use the study guide if you want to study all the exam objectives. Use the review guide if you already have Terraform experience and/or training and want to pick and choose which objectives to review before taking the exam. There are also sample questions available so you can get a feel for what the exam will be like.
Exam Details
Assessment Type |
Multiple choice |
Format |
Online proctored |
Duration |
1 hour |
Price |
$70.50 USD plus locally applicable taxes and fees Free retake not included
|
Language |
English |
Expiration |
2 years |
Exam Objectives
1 |
Understand infrastructure as code (IaC) concepts |
1a |
Explain what IaC is |
1b |
Describe advantages of IaC patterns |
2 |
Understand Terraform's purpose (vs other IaC) |
2a |
Explain multi-cloud and provider-agnostic benefits |
2b |
Explain the benefits of state |
3 |
Understand Terraform basics |
3a |
Handle Terraform and provider installation and versioning |
3b |
Describe plugin-based architecture |
3c |
Demonstrate using multiple providers |
3d |
Describe how Terraform finds and fetches providers |
3e |
Explain when to use and not use provisioners and when to use local-exec or remote-exec |
4 |
Use the Terraform CLI (outside of core workflow) |
4a |
Given a scenario: choose when to use terraform fmt to format code |
4b |
Given a scenario: choose when to use terraform taint to taint Terraform resources |
4c |
Given a scenario: choose when to use terraform import to import existing infrastructure into your Terraform state |
4d |
Given a scenario: choose when to use terraform workspace to create workspaces |
4e |
Given a scenario: choose when to use terraform state to view Terraform state |
4f |
Given a scenario: choose when to enable verbose logging and what the outcome/value is |
5 |
Interact with Terraform modules |
5a |
Contrast module source options |
5b |
Interact with module inputs and outputs |
5c |
Describe variable scope within modules/child modules |
5d |
Discover modules from the public Terraform Module Registry |
5e |
Defining module version |
6 |
Navigate Terraform workflow |
6a |
Describe Terraform workflow ( Write -> Plan -> Create ) |
6b |
Initialize a Terraform working directory (terraform init ) |
6c |
Validate a Terraform configuration (terraform validate ) |
6d |
Generate and review an execution plan for Terraform (terraform plan ) |
6e |
Execute changes to infrastructure with Terraform (terraform apply ) |
6f |
Destroy Terraform managed infrastructure (terraform destroy ) |
7 |
Implement and maintain state |
7a |
Describe default local backend |
7b |
Outline state locking |
7c |
Handle backend authentication methods |
7d |
Describe remote state storage mechanisms and supported standard backends |
7e |
Describe effect of Terraform refresh on state |
7f |
Describe backend block and cloud integration in configuration |
7g |
Understand secret management in state files |
8 |
Read, generate, and modify configuration |
8a |
Demonstrate use of variables and outputs |
8b |
Describe secure secret injection best practice |
8c |
Understand the use of collection and structural types |
8d |
Create and differentiate resource and data configuration |
8e |
Use resource addressing and resource parameters to connect resources together |
8f |
Use Terraform built-in functions to write configuration |
8g |
Configure resource using a dynamic block |
8h |
Describe built-in dependency management (order of execution based) |
9 |
Understand Terraform Cloud and Enterprise capabilities |
9a |
Describe the benefits of Sentinel, registry, and workspaces |
9b |
Differentiate OSS and TFE workspaces |
9c |
Summarize features of Terraform Cloud |