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Validates foundational Terraform knowledge and skills, including infrastructure as code concepts, Terraform workflow, configuration, modules, state, and HCP Terraform basics.
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About this exam
Proves foundational Terraform knowledge and skills in an hour-long online proctored multiple-choice exam covering IaC, Terraform fundamentals, workflow, configuration, modules, state, maintenance, and HCP Terraform.
Who should take this exam
Cloud engineers and infrastructure practitioners with foundational Terraform knowledge who can identify Terraform Enterprise or HCP Terraform features and distinguish them from Community edition capabilities.
Career benefits
Demonstrates practical infrastructure-as-code fluency with Terraform and helps validate readiness for Terraform-based cloud engineering, platform engineering, and infrastructure automation work.
How to prepare
Study the official Terraform Associate objectives, practice the Terraform workflow in a demo environment, review provider, module, state, and HCP Terraform topics, and use HashiCorp tutorials for hands-on preparation.
Quick facts
Exam cost$70.50 USD plus locally applicable taxes and fees; free retake not included
Valid for2 years
Length60 minutes
Passing scoreNot publicly disclosed by HashiCorp
FormatOnline proctored, multiple choice
Practice questions353
Objectives8
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What's covered
1. Infrastructure as Code (IaC) with Terraform
- 1a Explain what IaC is
- 1b Describe the advantages of IaC patterns
- 1c Explain how Terraform manages multi-cloud, hybrid cloud, and service-agnostic workflows
2. Terraform fundamentals
- 2a Install and version Terraform providers
- 2b Describe how Terraform uses providers
- 2c Write Terraform configuration using multiple providers
- 2d Explain how Terraform uses and manages state
3. Core Terraform workflow
- 3a Describe the Terraform workflow
- 3b Initialize a Terraform working directory
- 3c Validate a Terraform configuration
- 3d Generate and review an execution plan for Terraform
- 3e Apply changes to infrastructure with Terraform
- 3f Destroy Terraform-managed infrastructure
- 3g Apply formatting and style adjustments to a configuration
4. Terraform configuration
- 4a Use and differentiate resource and data blocks
- 4b Refer to resource attributes and create cross-resource references
- 4c Use variables and outputs
- 4d Understand and use complex types
- 4e Write dynamic configuration using expressions and functions
- 4f Define resource dependencies in configuration
- 4g Validate configuration using custom conditions
- 4h Understand best practices for managing sensitive data, including secrets management with Vault
5. Terraform modules
- 5a Explain how Terraform sources modules
- 5b Describe variable scope within modules
- 5c Use modules in configuration
- 5d Manage module versions
6. Terraform state management
- 6a Describe the local backend
- 6b Describe state locking
- 6c Configure remote state using the backend block
- 6d Manage resource drift and Terraform state
7. Maintain infrastructure with Terraform
- 7a Import existing infrastructure into your Terraform workspace
- 7b Use the CLI to inspect state
- 7c Describe when and how to use verbose logging
8. HCP Terraform
- 8a Use HCP Terraform to create infrastructure
- 8b Describe HCP Terraform collaboration and governance features
- 8c Describe how to organize and use HCP Terraform workspaces and projects
- 8d Configure and use HCP Terraform integration
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