PDE Preparing and Using Data for Analysis Practice Question
A company wants to track data lineage for their BigQuery tables to understand how data flows from source to derived tables. Which TWO Google Cloud services can be used to capture and visualize data lineage? (Choose 2.)
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
✓
Dataplex Data Lineage
Dataplex provides a comprehensive Data Lineage feature that automatically captures lineage for BigQuery jobs. Additionally, the BigQuery Lineage API (part of Data Catalog) allows you to retrieve lineage programmatically.
Answer analysis
Option-by-option breakdown
For each option: why learners choose it and why it is or isn't the right answer here.
- ✓
Dataplex Data Lineage
Why this is correct
Dataplex provides automated lineage tracking for BigQuery.
- ✗
Vertex AI Feature Store
Why it's wrong here
Feature Store manages ML features, not data lineage.
- ✗
Cloud Composer
Why it's wrong here
Composer is an Airflow-based orchestration tool, not a lineage service.
- ✗
Cloud Data Fusion
Why it's wrong here
Data Fusion is an ETL tool; it can push lineage to Dataplex but is not a lineage service itself.
- ✓
BigQuery Lineage API
Why this is correct
The BigQuery Lineage API (in Data Catalog) provides programmatic access to lineage metadata.
Go deeper
Related to this question
About these practice questions
This PDE question is part of Courseiva's 890-question bank — original exam-style content with full explanations and wrong-answer analysis, never real exam questions or exam dumps. Learn why practice questions differ from exam dumps →
JA
Written by Johnson Ajibi, MSc IT Security
Senior Network & Security Engineer · founder of Courseiva
This PDE practice question is part of Courseiva's free Google Cloud certification practice question bank. Courseiva provides original exam-style practice questions with explanations, topic-based practice, mock exams, readiness tracking, and study analytics to help learners prepare for the PDE exam.