Exam Terraform Associate topic 1 question 58 discussion

The answer should be B A terraform can only provision resouce in one Cloud not multiple cloud

answer is B

B. Provisioning infrastructure in multiple clouds: Providers enable provisioning across different cloud platforms, so this is also a responsibility of the provider .

The answer is B Tricky question a provider can only provision resources in one cloud platform, you will need multiple providers to provision in multiple cloud.

Answer is B: provisioning infrastructure in multiple clouds is not the direct responsibility of a single provider; each provider typically manages one cloud or service platform.

one provider will deploy to a single cloud provider not to many.

The answer should be B

the answer is definitely D

Agree with D

D is correct. I don't know so many votes for B which is pretty basic that terraform can handle multiple providers not providers themselves

D: the management of actions based on resource differences is handled by Terraform itself, not the provider. The provider simply informs Terraform about the current state of the resource and how to create, update, or delete it.

D. Managing actions to take based on resource differences: This is not a primary responsibility of a Terraform provider. Instead, Terraform itself handles this by comparing the desired state (defined in Terraform configurations) with the current state of the infrastructure and determining the necessary actions to achieve the desired state

B: you can write a provider to work on multiple clouds. D: is terraform core's work.

I'm not a native English speaker, but I think that in the context of the question, "A Terraform provider" is referring to the concept of providers in Terraform as a whole, not a specific individual provider. I would go with D "Terraform providers are a plugin for Terraform that makes a collection of related resources available. A provider plugin is responsible for understanding API interactions and exposing resources. Providers generally are IaaS (like AWS, GCP, Microsoft Azure, OpenStack), PaaS (like Heroku), or SaaS services (like Terraform Cloud, DNSimple, CloudFlare). However, the management of actions based on resource differences (i.e., what to create, update, or delete) is handled by Terraform's core engine, not by the providers. The providers simply inform Terraform's core about what resources they can manage and how to manage them."

B is the answer

D. Managing actions to take based on resource differences. Terraform providers primarily focus on understanding API interactions with specific services, provisioning infrastructure, exposing resources and data sources based on an API, and maintaining the state of resources. However, managing actions based on resource differences is typically handled by Terraform's core functionality, specifically the terraform plan and terraform apply commands, which determine the changes needed to achieve the desired state and then apply those changes based on the execution plan. Providers interact with the target services but do not manage the core Terraform plan and apply process.

GPT answer: B. Provisioning infrastructure in multiple clouds Terraform providers are responsible for understanding API interactions with some service, exposing resources and data sources based on an API, and managing actions to take based on resource differences. However, Terraform providers are not responsible for provisioning infrastructure in multiple clouds. This is because Terraform is a cloud-agnostic tool, and each cloud provider has its own unique set of APIs and resources.