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A.identifying differences between deployed infrastructure and its defined configuration
B.an IaC tool that defines infrastructure using real programming languages across clouds
C.a file mapping declared resources to real-world infrastructure for tracking changes
D.managing and provisioning infrastructure through machine-readable definition files
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2. Which term means: "managing and provisioning infrastructure through machine-readable definition files"?
Junior
A.AWS CDK
B.Infrastructure as Code
C.Drift Detection
D.Idempotency
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3. Which statement is correct?
Junior
A.Infrastructure as Code — a file mapping declared resources to real-world infrastructure for tracking changes
B.Infrastructure as Code — managing and provisioning infrastructure through machine-readable definition files
C.Infrastructure as Code — AWS's native service for defining and provisioning resources via templates
D.Infrastructure as Code — an open-source declarative tool to provision infrastructure across many providers
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4. What is Terraform?
Junior
A.AWS's native service for defining and provisioning resources via templates
B.identifying differences between deployed infrastructure and its defined configuration
C.an open-source declarative tool to provision infrastructure across many providers
D.an IaC tool that defines infrastructure using real programming languages across clouds
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5. Which term means: "an open-source declarative tool to provision infrastructure across many providers"?
Junior
A.Infrastructure as Code
B.Terraform State
C.Terraform
D.Pulumi
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6. Which statement is correct?
Junior
A.Terraform — an open-source declarative tool to provision infrastructure across many providers
B.Terraform — a file mapping declared resources to real-world infrastructure for tracking changes
C.Terraform — identifying differences between deployed infrastructure and its defined configuration
D.Terraform — a framework to define cloud infrastructure using general-purpose programming languages
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7. What is CloudFormation?
Junior
A.the property that applying the same configuration repeatedly yields the same end state
B.identifying differences between deployed infrastructure and its defined configuration
C.an IaC tool that defines infrastructure using real programming languages across clouds
D.AWS's native service for defining and provisioning resources via templates
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8. Which term means: "AWS's native service for defining and provisioning resources via templates"?
Junior
A.CloudFormation
B.Idempotency
C.AWS CDK
D.Infrastructure as Code
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9. Which statement is correct?
Junior
A.CloudFormation — an IaC tool that defines infrastructure using real programming languages across clouds
B.CloudFormation — the property that applying the same configuration repeatedly yields the same end state
C.CloudFormation — AWS's native service for defining and provisioning resources via templates
D.CloudFormation — an open-source declarative tool to provision infrastructure across many providers
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10. What is Terraform State?
Mid
A.managing and provisioning infrastructure through machine-readable definition files
B.a file mapping declared resources to real-world infrastructure for tracking changes
C.the property that applying the same configuration repeatedly yields the same end state
D.AWS's native service for defining and provisioning resources via templates
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11. Which term means: "a file mapping declared resources to real-world infrastructure for tracking changes"?
Mid
A.Idempotency
B.CloudFormation
C.Pulumi
D.Terraform State
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12. Which statement is correct?
Mid
A.Terraform State — AWS's native service for defining and provisioning resources via templates
B.Terraform State — a file mapping declared resources to real-world infrastructure for tracking changes
C.Terraform State — identifying differences between deployed infrastructure and its defined configuration
D.Terraform State — an IaC tool that defines infrastructure using real programming languages across clouds
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13. What is Idempotency?
Mid
A.an open-source declarative tool to provision infrastructure across many providers
B.the property that applying the same configuration repeatedly yields the same end state
C.a file mapping declared resources to real-world infrastructure for tracking changes
D.a framework to define cloud infrastructure using general-purpose programming languages
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14. Which term means: "the property that applying the same configuration repeatedly yields the same end state"?
Mid
A.Pulumi
B.Idempotency
C.CloudFormation
D.Drift Detection
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15. Which statement is correct?
Mid
A.Idempotency — a framework to define cloud infrastructure using general-purpose programming languages
B.Idempotency — a file mapping declared resources to real-world infrastructure for tracking changes
C.Idempotency — an IaC tool that defines infrastructure using real programming languages across clouds
D.Idempotency — the property that applying the same configuration repeatedly yields the same end state
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16. What is Drift Detection?
Mid
A.AWS's native service for defining and provisioning resources via templates
B.identifying differences between deployed infrastructure and its defined configuration
C.the property that applying the same configuration repeatedly yields the same end state
D.a file mapping declared resources to real-world infrastructure for tracking changes
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17. Which term means: "identifying differences between deployed infrastructure and its defined configuration"?
Mid
A.Terraform State
B.Idempotency
C.CloudFormation
D.Drift Detection
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18. Which statement is correct?
Mid
A.Drift Detection — an open-source declarative tool to provision infrastructure across many providers
B.Drift Detection — identifying differences between deployed infrastructure and its defined configuration
C.Drift Detection — a framework to define cloud infrastructure using general-purpose programming languages
D.Drift Detection — an IaC tool that defines infrastructure using real programming languages across clouds
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19. What is AWS CDK?
Senior
A.managing and provisioning infrastructure through machine-readable definition files
B.a framework to define cloud infrastructure using general-purpose programming languages
C.an IaC tool that defines infrastructure using real programming languages across clouds
D.identifying differences between deployed infrastructure and its defined configuration
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20. Which term means: "a framework to define cloud infrastructure using general-purpose programming languages"?
Senior
A.AWS CDK
B.Infrastructure as Code
C.Idempotency
D.Terraform State
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21. Which statement is correct?
Senior
A.AWS CDK — managing and provisioning infrastructure through machine-readable definition files
B.AWS CDK — a framework to define cloud infrastructure using general-purpose programming languages
C.AWS CDK — an open-source declarative tool to provision infrastructure across many providers
D.AWS CDK — AWS's native service for defining and provisioning resources via templates
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22. What is Pulumi?
Senior
A.an IaC tool that defines infrastructure using real programming languages across clouds
B.identifying differences between deployed infrastructure and its defined configuration
C.a framework to define cloud infrastructure using general-purpose programming languages
D.managing and provisioning infrastructure through machine-readable definition files
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23. Which term means: "an IaC tool that defines infrastructure using real programming languages across clouds"?
Senior
A.CloudFormation
B.AWS CDK
C.Idempotency
D.Pulumi
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24. Which statement is correct?
Senior
A.Pulumi — the property that applying the same configuration repeatedly yields the same end state
B.Pulumi — an IaC tool that defines infrastructure using real programming languages across clouds
C.Pulumi — a file mapping declared resources to real-world infrastructure for tracking changes
D.Pulumi — managing and provisioning infrastructure through machine-readable definition files
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25. What does terraform plan do?
Junior
A.provisions or updates infrastructure to match the configuration
B.tears down all infrastructure managed by the configuration
C.renames or moves a resource within Terraform state without recreating it
D.shows the changes Terraform will make before applying them
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26. Which command will shows the changes Terraform will make before applying them?
Junior
A.terraform state mv
B.terraform fmt
C.terraform import
D.terraform plan
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27. Which statement is correct?
Junior
A.terraform plan — tears down all infrastructure managed by the configuration
B.terraform plan — provisions or updates infrastructure to match the configuration
C.terraform plan — shows the changes Terraform will make before applying them
D.terraform plan — renames or moves a resource within Terraform state without recreating it
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28. What does terraform apply do?
Junior
A.renames or moves a resource within Terraform state without recreating it
B.provisions or updates infrastructure to match the configuration
C.tears down all infrastructure managed by the configuration
D.shows the changes Terraform will make before applying them
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29. Which command will provisions or updates infrastructure to match the configuration?
Junior
A.terraform fmt
B.terraform import
C.terraform plan
D.terraform apply
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30. Which statement is correct?
Junior
A.terraform apply — provisions or updates infrastructure to match the configuration
B.terraform apply — rewrites Terraform configuration files to a canonical format
C.terraform apply — renames or moves a resource within Terraform state without recreating it
D.terraform apply — brings an existing resource under Terraform management in state
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