DA0-002 Visualization and Reporting Practice Question
A marketing analyst needs to answer a one-time question about campaign performance for a specific week. Which report type is appropriate?
Answer choices
Why each option matters
Answer the question above first, then reveal the full breakdown to understand why each option is right or wrong.
Correct answer & explanation
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Ad hoc report
Ad hoc reports are designed for unique, on-demand queries.
Answer analysis
Option-by-option breakdown
For each option: why learners choose it and why it is or isn't the right answer here.
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Operational report
Why it's wrong here
Operational reports support day-to-day monitoring of ongoing activity, not a one-off retrospective question about a single week's campaign performance. They suit continuous tracking of live processes such as transactions or system health. A discrete historical query needs an on-demand report.
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Self-service report
Why it's wrong here
Self-service reports let users build their own queries interactively, but the stem specifies a one-time question, which calls for an on-demand report generated once. Self-service suits recurring exploratory analysis where users repeatedly define their own parameters. It does not match a single fixed-week query.
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Ad hoc report
Why this is correct
Ad hoc reports are built on demand to answer a single, non-recurring question, so they suit this one-time campaign query for a specific week. Standard or recurring reports would waste effort and cannot flex to the analyst's immediate, unique need.
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Scheduled report
Why it's wrong here
Scheduled reports recur automatically at set intervals, so they cannot answer a single ad-hoc question about one specific week. They suit recurring operational or executive reporting needs where the same metrics are delivered repeatedly. A one-time query requires an on-demand report generated when requested.
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