Blueprint
Where the marks are
These are the weights our mock exams draw against, so a readiness score is weighted the same way the exam is.
1 Manage resource lifecycle
22%Replacing resources without downtime, create_before_destroy, targeted operations, moving and importing state.
2 Develop & troubleshoot dynamic configuration
24%for_each and count, dynamic blocks, locals and complex types, and reading an error back to the expression that caused it.
3 Develop collaborative workflows
16%Remote state, locking, workspaces, and splitting a configuration several people edit.
4 Create, maintain, and use modules
16%Module inputs and outputs, versioning, composition, and refactoring into a module.
5 Configure and use providers
12%Provider configuration, aliases, version constraints, and required_providers.
6 Collaborate using HCP Terraform
10%Run workflows, variable sets and policy. Covered by exam questions rather than terminal labs.
How to practice it
Sit the mock exam once to find out where you stand, work the labs that come back weakest, then sit it again. Guessing which domain is your weakest is the slowest way to study.
Our mock exam for Terraform Authoring and Operations Advanced is 12 questions with a 70% pass mark, timed at 20 minutes. It is free.
Everything for this certification, including its labs and learning path, is on the certification page.