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Actual exam question from HashiCorp's Terraform Associate

Question #: 114
Topic #: 1

You have a simple Terraform configuration containing one virtual machine (VM) in a cloud provider. You run terraform apply and the VM is created successfully.
What will happen if you terraform apply again immediately afterwards without changing any Terraform code?

A. Terraform will terminate and recreate the VM
B. Terraform will create another duplicate VM
C. Terraform will apply the VM to the state file
D. Nothing

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Suggested Answer: D 🗳️

by Burakko at Sept. 1, 2022, 8:27 p.m.

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Highly Voted 8 months, 3 weeks ago

Selected Answer: D

If you run terraform apply again immediately afterwards without changing any Terraform code, Terraform will compare the desired state with the actual state of the infrastructure as recorded in the state file. Since there are no changes, then Terraform will report that there are no differences and won't do anything.

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