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

A resource provider may provision to multiple clouds. you can write your own resource provider which covers multiple clouds. It's not part of resource provider to managing actions based on differences between existing resource and configuration. Resource provider will only execute actions. Managing actions and triggering resource provider to execute this action is part of terraform itself.

each provider is dedicated to its related infrastructure, you cant provision azure resources using was provider

The provider's role is focused on API interactions, provisioning infrastructure, and exposing resources. Managing actions based on resource differences is handled by Terraform’s core logic during the terraform plan and terraform apply processes, not by the provider itself. Thus, D is the correct answer.

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."