PDE Maintaining and Automating Data Workloads Practice Question
A team wants to enforce data quality rules on BigQuery tables using Dataplex. They need to run column-level checks for null values and row-level checks for value ranges on a schedule. Which Dataplex feature should they use?
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Why each option matters
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Correct answer & explanation
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Dataplex Data Quality Tasks
Dataplex Data Quality Tasks allow defining SQL-based rules (row and column) and scheduling scans.
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Dataplex Data Profiling
Why it's wrong here
Profiling automatically generates statistics but does not enforce custom rules.
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BigQuery stored procedures with scheduled queries
Why it's wrong here
While possible, Dataplex provides native integration and reporting.
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Dataplex Data Quality Tasks
Why this is correct
Data Quality Tasks accept custom SQL rules and can be scheduled.
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Cloud DLP inspection jobs
Why it's wrong here
DLP focuses on sensitive data detection, not general quality rules.
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