Finally, HashiCorp has announced the general availability of some of their Cloud Certifications like Terraform and Vault (and others to come like Consul).The exam is taken online with a live proctor. Its a mix of multiple-choices and “fill in the blanks” test with 57 questions for 1 hour.
Terraform associate is a foundational level of certification that evaluates your understanding of basic concepts and skills on Terraform OSS and the features exist on Terraform Cloud & Terraform Enterprise packages. All the advanced certifications are coming soon.
You can verify the validity of the certifications using Acclaim platform. For example for my certification visit my badge here.
Exam details
You can take the exam online at the convenience of your home or office while being monitored by a proctor via webcam and microphone. You will have 60 minutes to complete the exam. There is a highlight feature where you can mark it and keep it for later review. After the exam, you will have a mandatory post-exam survey.
- Exam format: Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) & Multiple Answer Questions (MAQs), true or false & text match questions
- Exam duration: 60 minutes
- Exam cost: $70.50 plus taxes.
- No of questions: 57
- Certification validity: 2 years
How can I prepare for the exam?
There is a total of 9 exam objectives for the Terraform exam. Please undergo the complete study guide along with some hands-on on each objective. Furthermore, you should have some underlying working experience.
- Study guide — Newbie to Terraform and can prepare from the scratch
- Review guide — A place to review for experienced candidates
- Familiarize yourself with the sample exam questions
- Understand the Terraform Core workflow
- Know basic things about Terraform Cloud & Terraform Enterprise
- Go thoroughly through the definitions in Exam Review. Lots of theoretical questions from this area.
- Features available on Terraform Cloud and Terraform Enterprise version. Refer to the feature comparison here.
- You can also enroll in a course from Udemy created by Zeal Vora for both learning Terraform and preparing for the official examination.
- Once you are enough confident taking the exam if you want you can purchase the practice exam from Udemy created by Bryan Krausen
- Youtube terraform certification tutorial
All the best
I hope this is pretty much enough for you to crack the exam. There are likely to be an infinite number of optimal strategies to pass the exam. But honestly to possess the hands-on skills, use it for your work and other side projects. I wish you all the very best on the exam. Reach out to me for any queries or contact HashiCorp Product Certifications Team (certifications@hashicorp.com).
Happy Terraforming!