DP-203 Develop data processing Practice Question
You are developing a data processing solution that requires aggregating sales data from multiple CSV files stored in Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2. The data should be cleansed and transformed before loading into Azure Synapse Analytics. Which Azure service should you use to implement a code-free transformation pipeline?
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Why each option matters
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Correct answer & explanation
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Azure Data Factory with Mapping Data Flows
Azure Data Factory with Mapping Data Flows allows code-free visual transformations. Azure Databricks and HDInsight require code. Azure Analysis Services is for tabular modeling, not data processing.
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Azure HDInsight with Hive
Why it's wrong here
Requires HiveQL scripting.
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Azure Analysis Services
Why it's wrong here
Used for analytical modeling, not data processing pipelines.
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Azure Data Factory with Mapping Data Flows
Why this is correct
Mapping Data Flows provide code-free data transformation at scale.
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Azure Databricks with PySpark
Why it's wrong here
Requires writing PySpark code, not code-free.
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Key term
Azure Synapse Analytics
Azure Synapse Analytics is a cloud-based data integration, warehousing, and analytics service that brings together big data and data warehouse capabilities under one platform.
Key term
Azure Data Factory
Azure Data Factory is a cloud-based data integration service that lets you create, schedule, and orchestrate data pipelines to move and transform data from various sources to destinations.
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