KCNA Cloud Native Architecture Practice Question
In a multi-cloud scenario, an organization wants to avoid vendor lock-in by abstracting infrastructure provisioning. Which tool is specifically designed to manage infrastructure as code across multiple cloud providers?
Answer choices
Why each option matters
Answer the question above first, then reveal the full breakdown to understand why each option is right or wrong.
Correct answer & explanation
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Terraform
Terraform is an infrastructure-as-code tool that supports multiple cloud providers (AWS, Azure, GCP, etc.) with a declarative configuration language. Pulumi also supports multiple clouds but is less widely adopted in the CNCF ecosystem.
Answer analysis
Option-by-option breakdown
For each option: why learners choose it and why it is or isn't the right answer here.
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Helm
Why it's wrong here
Helm is a Kubernetes package manager, not an infrastructure provisioning tool.
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Istio
Why it's wrong here
Istio is a service mesh, not an infrastructure tool.
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Terraform
Why this is correct
Terraform is a multi-cloud infrastructure-as-code tool that provisions resources across providers.
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ArgoCD
Why it's wrong here
ArgoCD is a GitOps tool for Kubernetes, not for infrastructure provisioning.
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