HashiCorp Terraform-Associate-004 Exam - Topic 3 Question 10 Discussion

Actual exam question for HashiCorp's Terraform-Associate-004 exam

Question #: 10
Topic #: 3

You're building a CI/CD (continuous integration/continuous delivery) pipeline and need to inject sensitive variables into your Terraform run. How can you do this safely?

ACopy the sensitive variables into your Terraform code

BStore the sensitive variables in a secure_varS.tf file

CStore the sensitive variables as plain text in a source code repository

DPass variables to Terraform with a -var flag

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Suggested Answer: D

This is a secure way to inject sensitive variables into your Terraform run, as they will not be stored in any file or source code repository. You can also use environment variables or variable files with encryption to pass sensitive variables to Terraform.

by Lorenza at May 16, 2026, 01:11 PM

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Georgene

7 hours ago

I remember we discussed how sensitive data shouldn't be hardcoded in Terraform files, so A seems wrong.

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