Which operation is not performed by terraform apply?

• A. change
• B. destroy
• C. import
• D. provision

Answer: (C)

Terraform apply works by taking the planned changes and making the cluster match your configuration. It creates new resources, updates existing ones, and destroys those that are no longer in the desired state. It also runs any provisioners you’ve defined on the resources during the apply process. Import, however, is a separate command used to bring an existing real-world resource into Terraform’s state so it can be managed going forward. Since importing is not part of the apply workflow, it isn’t performed by terraform apply. The other options align with apply’s responsibilities: applying changes, destroying resources when they’re removed from config, and provisioning via provisioners.