You have to initialize a Terraform backend before it can be configured.

The correct answer is A. True. True. You must run 'terraform init' before Terraform can use any backend configuration. The init phase reads the backend block in your configuration, downloads the required backend plugin or sets up the remote state connection, and prepares the working directory. Without initiali

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BFalse

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True. You must run 'terraform init' before Terraform can use any backend configuration. The init phase reads the backend block in your configuration, downloads the required backend plugin or sets up the remote state connection, and prepares the working directory. Without initialization, Terraform has no knowledge of where or how to store state, so any subsequent commands (plan, apply) will fail or default to local state.

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