Which of the following is not true of Terraform providers?

The correct answer is D. Major cloud vendors and non-cloud vendors can write, maintain, or collaborate on. This question has a likely error. Statements A, B, and C are all true: providers can be written by individuals, maintained by communities, and some are maintained by HashiCorp. Statement D - that major cloud and non-cloud vendors can write, maintain, or collaborate on providers -

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Options

AProviders can be written by individuals
BProviders can be maintained by a community of users
CSome providers are maintained by HashiCorp
DMajor cloud vendors and non-cloud vendors can write, maintain, or collaborate on
ENone of the above

How the community answered

(60 responses)

B
3% (2)
C
2% (1)
D
93% (56)
E
2% (1)

Explanation

This question has a likely error. Statements A, B, and C are all true: providers can be written by individuals, maintained by communities, and some are maintained by HashiCorp. Statement D - that major cloud and non-cloud vendors can write, maintain, or collaborate on providers - is also true in practice (AWS, Azure, GCP, Datadog, etc. all publish their own providers). The most defensible correct answer would be E ('None of the above'), meaning all listed statements are true. If D is the intended answer, the original question likely had different wording for option D that contained an inaccurate claim. Treat this question with caution on the real exam.

Topics

#Terraform Providers#Provider Ecosystem#Provider Maintenance#HashiCorp Registry

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