DA0-002 Visualization and Reporting Practice Question
A financial report must be retained for seven years to comply with regulatory requirements. This is an example of which data governance principle?
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Data retention
Data retention policies specify how long data must be kept to meet legal or regulatory obligations.
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Data freshness
Why it's wrong here
Data freshness indicates how current the data is.
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Data lineage
Why it's wrong here
Data lineage tracks the origin and transformation of data.
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Data retention
Why this is correct
Data retention refers to policies for how long data is stored.
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Data dictionary
Why it's wrong here
A data dictionary defines metrics, not retention periods.
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