All standard backend types support state storage, locking, and remote operations like plan, apply and destroy.

• A. Only some backends support locking
• B. False
• C. Depends on provider
• D. True

Answer: (B)

In Terraform, a backend defines where state is stored and how operations are executed. While every backend stores the state, features like locking and remote execution aren’t guaranteed across all backends. Locking is provided by some backends (for example, using a DynamoDB table with an S3 backend) to prevent concurrent writes, but others, like the local backend, have no locking at all. Remote operations (plan, apply, destroy handled by a remote service) are available with certain remote backends and platforms (such as Terraform Cloud/Enterprise), but not with every backend. So the statement is false: not all standard backends support locking and remote operations; these capabilities depend on the specific backend in use.