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title: "Comment by OneLifeVibe on \"How I Cleared the Terraform Associate (004) Exam: What Worked and What Didn’t\" | Hashnode"
description: "Congratulations on passing, and thanks for the honest prep notes. Step 3 stood out to me, practice by breaking things, because that is where Terraform stops bei"
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Comment [How I Cleared the Terraform Associate (004) Exam: What Worked and What Didn’t](https://hashnode.com/posts/how-i-cleared-the-terraform-associate-004-exam-what-worked-and-what-didn-t/6af6ab72ba5da75e82567279)

[OneLifeVibe](https://hashnode.com/@onelifevibe)

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Congratulations on passing, and thanks for the honest prep notes. Step 3 stood out to me, practice by breaking things, because that is where Terraform stops being a syntax exercise and starts being real state to manage. Your warning about sensitive values staying in state is also worth repeating, since hiding output is easy to mistake for protection. The exam day tip about running the proctor check a day early is the kind of small detail that saves a lot of stress.