PCDE Migrate data solutions Practice Question
A data engineer is migrating a Teradata data warehouse to BigQuery. They have a large number of BTEQ scripts that need to be converted. Which tool is designed to automate the conversion of Teradata DDL and BTEQ scripts to BigQuery-compatible SQL?
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Why each option matters
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Correct answer & explanation
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Schema Conversion Tool (SCTS)
Schema Conversion Tool (SCTS) is provided by Google Cloud to automate the conversion of Teradata (and other) DDL and BTEQ scripts to BigQuery SQL. BigQuery Data Transfer Service is for loading data from SaaS applications. Ora2Pg is for Oracle to PostgreSQL. Database Migration Service is for database migrations to Cloud SQL or AlloyDB.
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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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Database Migration Service
Why it's wrong here
DMS is for migrating to Cloud SQL or AlloyDB, not BigQuery.
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Ora2Pg
Why it's wrong here
Ora2Pg is for Oracle to PostgreSQL migration, not Teradata to BigQuery.
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Schema Conversion Tool (SCTS)
Why this is correct
SCTS automates conversion of Teradata schemas and BTEQ scripts to BigQuery.
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BigQuery Data Transfer Service
Why it's wrong here
This is for scheduled data transfers from SaaS sources, not schema conversion.
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