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Practise HashiCorp Terraform Associate TF-004 across all 8 official exam domains — Understand IaC concepts, Understand Terraform basics, Understand Terraform's purpose, Use Terraform outside the core workflow, and more — with original exam-style questions, full explanations, and wrong-answer analysis. Courseiva helps you prepare with realistic practice questions, topic-based revision, explained answers and structured study routes.
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Key facts for the HashiCorp Terraform Associate TF-004 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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Courseiva provides free HashiCorp Terraform Associate TF-004 (TF-004) practice questions with original exam-style questions, detailed explanations, topic-based practice, mock exams, readiness tracking, and study analytics. Courseiva is an independent platform and is not affiliated with HashiCorp.
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.
Courseiva Exam Intelligence
Data confidence: BuildingDerived from Courseiva's continuously updated practice dataset: 428 exam-style questions. Updated 2 July 2026.
Question difficulty mix
Average time per question: 94s
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Exam domains
official blueprint domains covered by the bank
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Questions
exam-style questions in the TF-004 bank
Practice modes
Choose a mode that matches your current study phase. Use topic practice early on and mock exams closer to your exam date.
All TF-004 Questions
Browse the full question bank organised by domain and difficulty.
Practice Test
Start a 20-question session with a full explanation after each answer.
Mock Exam
Simulate the real exam with a timed, full-length question set.
Quick 25
A 25-question warm-up — ideal for a short daily study session.
Flashcards
Reinforce key terms, commands, and protocol facts with flashcards.
Domain Practice
Focus exclusively on one exam domain to target your weakest area.
50-Question Set
Mid-length practice set covering all domains.
Exam guide
Start with a short practice session, review each missed answer, then return to the topics that caused mistakes.
HashiCorp Terraform Associate TF-004 spans 8 official exam domains (Understand IaC concepts, Understand Terraform basics, Understand Terraform's purpose, and more). Questions test whether you can apply each objective in a realistic scenario, not just recall a definition.
Related practice questions
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Practice directory
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Official blueprint
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Deep-dive questions
The most-searched TF-004 questions — each with a detailed explanation, worked example, and full answer breakdown.
Learn the concepts
15 book-style chapters cover every TF-004 objective in plain English. Read the theory here, then test it with practice questions.
Chapter 1
Introduction to Infrastructure as Code and Terraform
12 min read
Chapter 2
Terraform Core Components and Architecture
12 min read
Chapter 3
Installing and Managing Terraform Versions
12 min read
Chapter 4
Terraform Configuration Basics: Providers, Resources, and Variables
12 min read
Chapter 5
Writing and Organizing Terraform Configurations
12 min read
Chapter 6
Understanding and Managing Terraform State
12 min read
Chapter 7
Remote State and Backends
12 min read
Chapter 8
Terraform Workflow Essentials: Init, Plan, Apply, Destroy
12 min read
Free study guide
The Courseiva TF-004 study guide covers exam format, the official domain blueprint with weights, a structured study plan, and domain-specific tips for each section. Use it alongside practice questions to build both conceptual depth and exam confidence.
Sample questions
Original exam-style questions — not copied from any exam or dump site. Open a question for the full answer breakdown.
A large enterprise uses Terraform Cloud with remote execution mode to manage infrastructure across multiple AWS accounts. Each environment (dev, staging, prod) has a separate works…
A large organization uses Terraform to manage infrastructure across multiple AWS accounts. They have a shared module for VPC stored in a private Git repository (git::https://github…
Refer to the exhibit. What does this output indicate?
A team uses an S3 backend with DynamoDB for state locking. They notice that sometimes terraform plan fails because the state is locked. What is the best practice to handle this in…
A junior DevOps engineer is learning about Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and asks why Terraform is preferred over manual configuration in cloud consoles. Which of the following is t…
Refer to the exhibit. What is the purpose of this output block?
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