TA-004 practice questions — HashiCorp Certified: Terraform Associate

The exam

What TA-004 tests

The Terraform Associate is HashiCorp's entry-level infrastructure-automation certification, and the 004 version is the current one — it replaced 003 on 2026-01-08 and is aligned to Terraform 1.12. It validates that a practitioner understands what infrastructure as code buys an organisation and can run Terraform end to end: installing and constraining providers, writing and validating configuration, reading an execution plan, managing state and drift, composing and versioning modules, importing existing infrastructure, and working in HCP Terraform with remote state, remote runs and policy enforcement. The exam is one hour, online proctored, and mixes multiple-choice, multiple-response, true/false and fill-in-the-blank items.

Who it is for

Built for associate-level candidates

Aimed at cloud engineers, platform and DevOps engineers, SREs and systems administrators who already provision infrastructure and want their Terraform fundamentals verified. HashiCorp positions it for someone with basic terminal skills, a working understanding of on-premises and cloud infrastructure, and hands-on experience writing and applying Terraform configurations — typically a few months of real use rather than years. No specific cloud provider expertise is required: provider-specific knowledge is explicitly out of scope, so an Azure-only or AWS-only background is no disadvantage. Candidates who have only ever consumed someone else's modules should spend extra time on state management, drift and HCP Terraform.

What it covers

The official domains, weighted as the exam weights them.

Your readiness map in the app is organised the same way, so what you see here is exactly what you study against.

Infrastructure as Code (IaC) with Terraform
8%
Terraform fundamentals
11%
Core Terraform workflow
19%
Terraform configuration
21%
Terraform modules
11%
Terraform state management
11%
Maintain infrastructure with Terraform
8%
HCP Terraform
11%

What Preppio gives you

Signal, not vibes.

3,478 questions

Across every domain above, in 5 formats: concept, scenario, ordering, multi-select, matching. Each one explains why the right answer is right and every distractor wrong.

A readiness map

Per domain, whether you are ready, weak, or not started — the same domains and weights as the exam itself.

Winston

Your study partner. He tracks where you are weak and drills exactly that, instead of serving you what you already know.

Try one

One of each format TA-004 uses, from the same bank.

Answer on the page. The explanation appears when you submit; use Next to move through the formats.

Sample 1 · Concept

You add a `check` block to your configuration that verifies an `aws_lb` resource responds successfully, and you run `terraform apply`. The check's assertion fails after the resources are created. What happens?

Pick one, then submit.

Sample 3 · Ordering

Your team adds a brand new provider to `required_providers` and needs it fully installed and pinned before the next `terraform plan` is run in CI. Put the following steps in the correct order.

Drag an item onto another to swap them, or use the arrows, then submit.

1Run `terraform plan` to review the proposed changes
2Run `terraform init` to download the provider plugin and populate the dependency lock file
3Add the provider's local name, `source` address, and `version` constraint to the `required_providers` block
4Commit the updated `.terraform.lock.hcl` file to version control

Sample 4 · Multi-select

Select all that apply: Your configuration includes `source = "app.terraform.io/example-corp/network/aws"`. Which statements are accurate?

Select all that apply, then submit.

Sample 5 · Matching

Match each team characteristic to the reason it makes the local backend unsuitable:

Pick up a response below, then click a prompt to place it.

Response pool — click to pick up

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Study links

Official material

HashiCorp: Cloud Engineer certification pagedeveloper.hashicorp.com HashiCorp: Terraform Associate (004) study guide / learning pathdeveloper.hashicorp.com HashiCorp: Terraform Associate (004) exam content listdeveloper.hashicorp.com Terraform documentationdeveloper.hashicorp.com

FAQ

The things people ask about TA-004

How many questions are on the TA-004 exam, and how long is it?

57 questions in 60 minutes.

What score do you need to pass TA-004?

70%, a scaled score of 70.

What does TA-004 cover?

8 domains, weighted as the exam weights them: Infrastructure as Code (IaC) with Terraform (8%), Terraform fundamentals (11%), Core Terraform workflow (19%), Terraform configuration (21%), Terraform modules (11%), Terraform state management (11%), Maintain infrastructure with Terraform (8%) and HCP Terraform (11%). Your readiness map in the app is organised by the same domains, so what you study against is what the exam tests.

What question formats does TA-004 use?

Five formats: concept, scenario, ordering, multi-select and matching. The practice questions use every one of them, and the sample on this page shows one of each.

Is TA-004 free on Preppio.ai?

TA-004 is on the Single, Dual and All Access plans. You start on the free tier and add it from the plan picker inside the app. Three fundamentals exams (AZ-900, CLF-C02 and CDL) are always free, and the sample on this page is free to try.

Where do the TA-004 practice questions come from?

Every question is generated from the exam's published objectives, then checked for accuracy, answer key and explanation before it is served. Nothing is copied from any exam, questions rotate by how often they have been seen, and they are retired when the objectives change.

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