You have successfully deployed an application that includes a resource with a public IP address.

Detailed Explanation:

Rationale for Correct Answer: terraform state list lists the resource addresses currently recorded in state. Once you identify the required resource, its state attributes can be inspected without destroying or modifying the deployed infrastructure. This is the least disruptive approach.

Analysis of Incorrect Options (Distractors):

A: terraform_remote_state exposes root module outputs, not arbitrary attributes from another configuration, and no outputs were defined in this scenario. The supplied Terraform documentation explicitly describes it as retrieving root-module output values.

B: terraform output extracts defined output values. Because ip_address was never defined as an output, this command cannot retrieve it by that name.

D: Destroying and recreating the application is unnecessary and highly disruptive.

Key Concept: Inspecting managed infrastructure through Terraform state commands.