PCDE Migrate data solutions Practice Question
A company is migrating a Teradata data warehouse to BigQuery. They need to convert Teradata DDL and BTEQ scripts to BigQuery-compatible SQL. Which TWO services or tools should they use? (Choose 2 correct answers.)
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Why each option matters
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Schema Conversion Tool (SCTS)
Schema Conversion Tool (SCTS) is used to convert Teradata DDL to BigQuery DDL. BigQuery Data Transfer Service can be used to load data from Teradata into BigQuery. BigQuery Migration Assessment is for discovery, not conversion. Dataflow and Dataproc are not specialized for Teradata schema conversion.
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Schema Conversion Tool (SCTS)
Why this is correct
SCTS converts DDL and scripts from Teradata to BigQuery.
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Dataflow
Why it's wrong here
Dataflow is for stream/batch processing, not schema conversion.
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Cloud Dataproc
Why it's wrong here
Dataproc is for Hadoop/Spark workloads, not schema conversion.
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BigQuery Migration Assessment
Why it's wrong here
Assessment provides a report but does not convert DDL or scripts.
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BigQuery Data Transfer Service
Why this is correct
Data Transfer Service can schedule and load data from Teradata.
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