Exam Terraform Associate topic 1 question 188 discussion

The provided answer is correct. For providers that are published in either the public Terraform Registry or in a third-party provider registry, terraform init will automatically find, download, and install the necessary provider plugins. Source: https://www.terraform.io/cli/commands/init

In June at HashiConf digital we announced the beta version of HashiCorp Terraform 0.13. Many of the improvements in Terraform 0.13 focus on the diverse, rapidly-growing collection of official, partner, and community providers. With Terraform 0.13, terraform init will automatically download and install partner and community providers in the HashiCorp Terraform Registry, following the same clear workflow as HashiCorp-supported official providers. These improvements to the ecosystem will benefit Terraform users and provider developers alike.

we can install 3rd party plug-ins

B. False Terraform does support installing third-party plugins, but the process is not as straightforward as it is for official providers. Starting with Terraform 0.13, you can install third-party providers using the terraform init command if you have properly configured the required_provider block and set up the provider source.

https://www.terraform.io/cli/commands/init