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1. How does a Data Catalog relate to the Data Dictionary and the Data Glossary?
Question 1A. It replaces both of themB. It jointly refers to both, showing which business term maps to which table or dashboardC. It is a subset of the Data DictionaryD. It contains only business termsE. It contains only technical field metadata
2. Under which discipline does a Data Catalog fall?
Question 2A. Metadata ManagementB. Master Data ManagementC. Data Quality ManagementD. Zero Trust ArchitectureE. Technical Architecture
3. In the Bank Account Number (BAN) example from I Am Datapedia!, what does the Data Glossary say about BAN?
Question 3A. That it is a string of length 10 with two # charactersB. That it is stored in tables x, y and zC. That it is the unique identifier for a customer across all banking applicationsD. That it is owned by the Finance departmentE. That it is refreshed nightly
4. In the BAN example, which detail belongs to the Data Dictionary?
Question 4A. Which department owns the dashboards using BANB. The field type as string and field length as 10C. The business meaning of BAN across applicationsD. The marketing campaigns that use BANE. The tables and schemas where BAN is stored
5. What does the Data Catalog add on top of the Glossary and Dictionary in the BAN example?
Question 5A. The encryption key for the fieldB. The customer's account balanceC. The SQL used to create the tableD. Where BAN is stored (tables, schema, database) and which department owns which assetsE. The number of characters in the field
6. What three things does a Data Catalog make clear about data, giving analysts, designers and developers an advantage?
Question 6A. Who created it, when it expires and its priceB. Its backup schedule, its size and its owner's emailC. Its colour coding, its dashboard layout and its fontD. Its encryption, its compression and its replicationE. What the data is about, how it is stored and where it is stored
7. What does having a Data Catalog imply about the Dictionary and Glossary?
Question 7A. That they are no longer neededB. That they are already in placeC. That they must be deleted to avoid duplicationD. That they are owned by different departmentsE. That they are stored in a separate database
8. Why has the Data Catalog moved from the good-to-have to the must-have zone?
Question 8A. Because regulators now fine organisations without oneB. Because relational databases have been discontinuedC. Because of the introduction of semi and unstructured datasetsD. Because cloud providers require itE. Because business glossaries have become obsolete
9. Who interacts with a Data Catalog?
Question 9A. Both technical and business folksB. Technical folks onlyC. Business folks onlyD. External auditors onlyE. Cloud providers only
10. Which of the following is NOT one of the three metadata components compared alongside each other?
Question 10A. Data DictionaryB. Data or Business GlossaryC. Data CatalogD. Data WarehouseE. All three are compared with each other