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Key facts for the HashiCorp Terraform Associate TF-003 exam.
Exam cost
$70.50 USD / ~£56
Duration
60 minutes
Question count
57 questions
Passing score
Pass / Fail (approximately 70%)
Validity
2 years
Delivered by
PSI Online
Online proctored
Yes — available
Retake policy
100% free — no account required
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Must wait 24 hours after first failed attempt; 14 days after second; 90 days thereafter
Question formats
The HashiCorp Certified: Terraform Associate (003) validates foundational knowledge of infrastructure automation using Terraform. It tests understanding of Terraform's core workflow, configuration language (HCL), state management, modules, and the Terraform registry. The certification is aimed at cloud engineers and DevOps practitioners who use Terraform to provision and manage infrastructure. It is a vendor-neutral credential respected across AWS, Azure, and GCP environments.
Official prerequisite
None — no formal prerequisites
Recommended experience
6+ months hands-on Terraform experience; familiarity with at least one major cloud provider (AWS, Azure, or GCP)
Developers or ops professionals with practical Terraform usage in a real or lab environment
Should you skip this exam?
Experienced Terraform practitioners with years of production experience who already hold this cert — consider HashiCorp Vault Associate or a cloud-provider professional cert instead
Courseiva study tip
Focus on Terraform workflow commands (init, plan, apply, destroy), state file concepts, and the difference between input/output variables and locals. Build a small multi-module project from scratch.
UK salary range
£55,000 – £80,000
US salary range
$95,000 – $140,000
Job roles that cite TA-003
What certification to take next
The exam costs $70.50 USD and is taken online through PSI Online. There are no additional testing-centre fees for remote proctoring.
HashiCorp does not publish an exact numeric cut score; the exam is graded as Pass or Fail with an internal threshold of approximately 70% correct answers.
The TA-003 exam contains 57 questions in multiple-choice, multiple-response, and fill-in-the-blank formats, completed in 60 minutes.
It is considered entry- to intermediate-level. Candidates with 2–3 months of hands-on Terraform practice typically pass with 30–60 hours of focused study. The trickiest areas are state management, workspace behaviour, and module sourcing.
The exam covers the IaC concept, Terraform's purpose and workflow, HCL basics, Terraform CLI commands, Terraform modules, the state file and remote backends, Terraform Cloud and Enterprise features, and reading Terraform documentation.
The certification is valid for 2 years. HashiCorp offers a discounted renewal exam to recertify before expiry.
It suits cloud engineers, DevOps engineers, and SREs who write or review Terraform code as part of their daily work, or developers looking to move into infrastructure automation roles.
See how TA-003 stacks up against related certifications.
Practice modes
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All TF-003 Questions
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Practice Test
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Mock Exam
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Quick 10
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Flashcards
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Domain Practice
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50-Question Set
Mid-length practice set covering all domains.
Full-length Simulation
Full exam simulation matching the real question count.
Exam guide
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HashiCorp Terraform Associate TF-003 questions test whether you can apply the concept in context, not just recognise a definition.
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Related practice questions
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Practise TF-003 questions linked to Understand IaC concepts.
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Practise TF-003 questions linked to Use Terraform outside the core workflow.
Practise TF-003 questions linked to Interact with Terraform modules.
Practise TF-003 questions linked to Use the core Terraform workflow.
Practise TF-003 questions linked to Implement and maintain state.
Practise TF-003 questions linked to Read, generate and modify configuration.
Practise TF-003 questions linked to TF-003 fundamentals.
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Practice directory
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Free study guide
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Sample questions
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Trap 1: Terraform is designed to work exclusively with AWS.
Terraform supports many providers, not just AWS.
Trap 2: Terraform is a configuration management tool used for installing…
Terraform is for provisioning, not configuration management.
Trap 3: Terraform is a continuous integration and deployment tool.
Terraform is an IaC tool, not a CI/CD tool.
Terraform allows users to define infrastructure resources in a declarative configuration language.
Terraform uses HCL to declare desired state.
Terraform can be used to create, modify, and destroy infrastructure resources.
Terraform manages full lifecycle of resources.
Terraform is designed to work exclusively with AWS.
Why wrong: Terraform supports many providers, not just AWS.
Terraform is a configuration management tool used for installing software on existing servers.
Why wrong: Terraform is for provisioning, not configuration management.
Terraform is a continuous integration and deployment tool.
Why wrong: Terraform is an IaC tool, not a CI/CD tool.
Trap 1: Terraform requires all configuration files to be placed in a single…
Terraform works with any directory structure; configurations can be organized as needed.
Trap 2: Terraform uses an imperative language to specify the exact steps to…
Terraform's language (HCL) is declarative, not imperative.
Trap 3: Terraform is primarily a configuration management tool for…
Terraform is an orchestration tool; configuration management is done by tools like Ansible, Chef, etc.
Terraform requires all configuration files to be placed in a single directory named 'terraform'.
Why wrong: Terraform works with any directory structure; configurations can be organized as needed.
Terraform can provision, update, and destroy infrastructure resources across multiple providers.
Terraform manages the full lifecycle of infrastructure resources.
Terraform's configuration language (HCL) is designed to be human-readable and machine-friendly.
HCL is specifically designed to be easy for humans to read and write while being machine-parseable.
Terraform uses an imperative language to specify the exact steps to create resources.
Why wrong: Terraform's language (HCL) is declarative, not imperative.
Terraform is primarily a configuration management tool for installing software on servers.
Why wrong: Terraform is an orchestration tool; configuration management is done by tools like Ansible, Chef, etc.
Trap 1: Provide cost estimates for infrastructure changes
Cost estimation is a separate Terraform Cloud feature.
Trap 2: Enforce that all Terraform code follows a specific formatting style
Formatting is enforced by terraform fmt, not Sentinel.
Trap 3: Automatically rotate database passwords
Not a Sentinel feature; managed by vault or similar.
Provide cost estimates for infrastructure changes
Why wrong: Cost estimation is a separate Terraform Cloud feature.
Enforce that all Terraform code follows a specific formatting style
Why wrong: Formatting is enforced by terraform fmt, not Sentinel.
Enforce that all AWS instances are of a specific type
Sentinel can restrict resource attributes.
Automatically rotate database passwords
Why wrong: Not a Sentinel feature; managed by vault or similar.
Enforce that all resources have required tags
Sentinel can check for tags.
Drag a concept onto its matching description — or click a concept then click the description.
List function
Map function
IP network function
Encoding function
Date and time function
Drag a concept onto its matching description — or click a concept then click the description.
Copy files to the remote resource
Run a script on the machine running Terraform
Run a script on the remote resource
Configure resource using Chef
Configure resource using Puppet
Drag a concept onto its matching description — or click a concept then click the description.
Create multiple instances from one resource block
Create multiple instances from a map or set of strings
Explicitly specify hidden resource dependencies
Control resource creation/destruction behavior
Select a non-default provider configuration
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