diff --git a/terraform/context_components_test.go b/terraform/context_components_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..354257bed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/terraform/context_components_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+package terraform
+
+import (
+	"github.com/zclconf/go-cty/cty"
+
+	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform/config/configschema"
+)
+
+// simpleMockComponentFactory returns a component factory pre-configured with
+// one provider and one provisioner, both called "test".
+//
+// The provider is built with simpleMockProvider and the provisioner with
+// simpleMockProvisioner, and all schemas used in both are as built by
+// function simpleTestSchema.
+//
+// Each call to this function produces an entirely-separate set of objects,
+// so the caller can feel free to modify the returned value to further
+// customize the mocks contained within.
+func simpleMockComponentFactory() *basicComponentFactory {
+	// We create these out here, rather than in the factory functions below,
+	// because we want each call to the factory to return the _same_ instance,
+	// so that test code can customize it before passing this component
+	// factory into real code under test.
+	provider := simpleMockProvider()
+	provisioner := simpleMockProvisioner()
+	return &basicComponentFactory{
+		providers: map[string]ResourceProviderFactory{
+			"test": func() (ResourceProvider, error) {
+				return provider, nil
+			},
+		},
+		provisioners: map[string]ResourceProvisionerFactory{
+			"test": func() (ResourceProvisioner, error) {
+				return provisioner, nil
+			},
+		},
+	}
+
+}
+
+// simpleTestSchema returns a block schema that contains a few optional
+// attributes for use in tests.
+//
+// The returned schema contains the following optional attributes:
+//
+//     test_string, of type string
+//     test_number, of type number
+//     test_bool, of type bool
+//     test_list, of type list(string)
+//     test_map, of type map(string)
+//
+// Each call to this function produces an entirely new schema instance, so
+// callers can feel free to modify it once returned.
+func simpleTestSchema() *configschema.Block {
+	return &configschema.Block{
+		Attributes: map[string]*configschema.Attribute{
+			"test_string": {
+				Type:     cty.String,
+				Optional: true,
+			},
+			"test_number": {
+				Type:     cty.String,
+				Optional: true,
+			},
+			"test_bool": {
+				Type:     cty.String,
+				Optional: true,
+			},
+			"test_list": {
+				Type:     cty.String,
+				Optional: true,
+			},
+			"test_map": {
+				Type:     cty.String,
+				Optional: true,
+			},
+		},
+	}
+}
diff --git a/terraform/resource_provider_mock_test.go b/terraform/resource_provider_mock_test.go
index 245e8ecd4..0e2a49d3d 100644
--- a/terraform/resource_provider_mock_test.go
+++ b/terraform/resource_provider_mock_test.go
@@ -54,3 +54,34 @@ func mockProviderWithDataSourceSchema(name string, schema *configschema.Block) *
 		},
 	}
 }
+
+// simpleMockProvider returns a MockResourceProvider that is pre-configured
+// with schema for its own config, for a resource type called "test_object" and
+// for a data source also called "test_object".
+//
+// All three schemas have the same content as returned by function
+// simpleTestSchema.
+//
+// For most reasonable uses the returned provider must be registered in a
+// componentFactory under the name "test". Use simpleMockComponentFactory
+// to obtain a pre-configured componentFactory containing the result of
+// this function along with simpleMockProvisioner, both registered as "test".
+//
+// The returned provider has no other behaviors by default, but the caller may
+// modify it in order to stub any other required functionality, or modify
+// the default schema stored in the field GetSchemaReturn. Each new call to
+// simpleTestProvider produces entirely new instances of all of the nested
+// objects so that callers can mutate without affecting mock objects.
+func simpleMockProvider() *MockResourceProvider {
+	return &MockResourceProvider{
+		GetSchemaReturn: &ProviderSchema{
+			Provider: simpleTestSchema(),
+			ResourceTypes: map[string]*configschema.Block{
+				"test_object": simpleTestSchema(),
+			},
+			DataSources: map[string]*configschema.Block{
+				"test_object": simpleTestSchema(),
+			},
+		},
+	}
+}
diff --git a/terraform/resource_provisioner_mock_test.go b/terraform/resource_provisioner_mock_test.go
index 57795b425..bfac5f5f1 100644
--- a/terraform/resource_provisioner_mock_test.go
+++ b/terraform/resource_provisioner_mock_test.go
@@ -7,3 +7,23 @@ import (
 func TestMockResourceProvisioner_impl(t *testing.T) {
 	var _ ResourceProvisioner = new(MockResourceProvisioner)
 }
+
+// simpleMockProvisioner returns a MockResourceProvisioner that is pre-configured
+// with schema for its own config, with the same content as returned by
+// function simpleTestSchema.
+//
+// For most reasonable uses the returned provisioner must be registered in a
+// componentFactory under the name "test". Use simpleMockComponentFactory
+// to obtain a pre-configured componentFactory containing the result of
+// this function along with simpleMockProvider, both registered as "test".
+//
+// The returned provisioner has no other behaviors by default, but the caller
+// may modify it in order to stub any other required functionality, or modify
+// the default schema stored in the field GetSchemaReturn. Each new call to
+// simpleTestProvisioner produces entirely new instances of all of the nested
+// objects so that callers can mutate without affecting mock objects.
+func simpleMockProvisioner() *MockResourceProvisioner {
+	return &MockResourceProvisioner{
+		GetConfigSchemaReturnSchema: simpleTestSchema(),
+	}
+}