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Question 1easymultiple choice

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Which of the following data types is characterized by a flexible schema and is commonly represented using JSON or XML?

Trap 1: Unstructured data

Unstructured data lacks a predefined schema entirely.

Trap 2: Structured data

Structured data uses a fixed schema, not flexible.

Trap 3: Relational data

Relational data is a subset of structured data.

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A
Unstructured data
Why wrong: Unstructured data lacks a predefined schema entirely.
B
Structured data
Why wrong: Structured data uses a fixed schema, not flexible.
C
Semi-structured data
JSON and XML are typical semi-structured formats.
D
Relational data
Why wrong: Relational data is a subset of structured data.

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Which of the following data types is characterized by a flexible schema and is commonly represented using JSON or XML?

An organization needs to store raw data from IoT sensors in its native format for future analysis. Which storage solution is best suited for this purpose?

A data analyst needs to combine rows from two tables based on a related column, but only wants rows that have matching values in both tables. Which join type should the analyst use?

A company is ingesting data from multiple sources into a cloud data warehouse. They decide to load the data raw and then perform transformations within the warehouse. Which approach does this describe?

A database administrator wants to ensure that every value in a column matches values in a primary key column of another table. Which constraint enforces this rule?

An analyst is reviewing a table that stores customer orders. The table contains columns: OrderID, CustomerName, Product1, Product1Qty, Product2, Product2Qty. This design violates which normal form?

A data engineer is designing a system to handle high-velocity clickstream data from a website. The system must allow low-latency writes and support key-value lookups. Which type of database is most appropriate?

Which of the following best describes a data mart?

A company wants to share a dataset with external partners via an API. Which API type is typically used for web services and uses XML or JSON for messaging?

A database has a table 'Orders' with columns OrderID (PK), CustomerID, OrderDate, and a table 'OrderDetails' with OrderID (FK), ProductID, Quantity. To ensure that every OrderID in OrderDetails exists in Orders, which integrity constraint is enforced?

A data analyst needs to extract data from a transactional database and load it into a data warehouse for reporting. Which process typically transforms the data before loading it into the warehouse?

Which of the following is an example of unstructured data?

A data governance team is defining roles and responsibilities for data management. Which TWO of the following are common data governance roles? (Select TWO).

A company is designing a data pipeline to process streaming data from social media feeds. Which THREE of the following are characteristics of streaming data? (Select THREE).

A database designer wants to improve query performance on a large table that is frequently filtered by multiple columns. Which TWO types of indexes could be beneficial? (Select TWO).

Which of the following data types best describes a JSON file containing customer orders with varying fields per record?

A company needs to store raw data from IoT sensors for future machine learning projects. The data is expected to be massive and in various formats. Which storage solution is most appropriate?

An OLTP system processes thousands of transactions per second. Which property ensures that a transaction is fully completed or fully rolled back, preventing partial updates?

A data analyst needs to combine customer data from two tables: Customers (CustomerID, Name) and Orders (OrderID, CustomerID, Amount). Only customers who have placed at least one order should be included. Which JOIN type should be used?

A company uses a data warehouse for reporting. They need to extract data from multiple sources, load it into a staging area, and then transform it before moving to the warehouse. This process is known as:

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