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1. When does data hosted in databases, warehouses, marts, lakes or vaults become a Data Liability?
Question 1A. When it is not utilised properly, has no proper ROI and cannot be used for revenue generation or management decision-makingB. When it is stored in more than one systemC. When it is older than the retention periodD. When it is used by more than one departmentE. When it is stored in a NoSQL database
2. What happens when Data Liabilities overcome Data Assets in an organisation?
Question 2A. Storage costs fallB. Data governance becomes unnecessaryC. Regulators must be notifiedD. The value of data is negatively impactedE. The data warehouse must be rebuilt
3. Which objective should be one of the major KPIs for any Chief Data Officer?
Question 3A. Maximise the number of databasesB. Increase the volume of stored dataC. Reduce data liabilities as much as possibleD. Eliminate all reference dataE. Move all data to object storage
4. How does poor Data Quality turn data into a liability?
Question 4A. It increases the cost of encryptionB. It forces the data to be re-partitionedC. It prevents data from being backed upD. It makes data unreadable by ETL toolsE. Users do not trust the data, so it is a liability to maintain
5. How does a lack of Data Democratisation make data a liability?
Question 5A. It exposes data to security breachesB. A non-data-friendly organisational culture means users do not use data for decision-makingC. It causes data to be duplicated across vendorsD. It prevents the creation of golden recordsE. It slows down query optimisation
6. How do missing Golden Records in Master and Reference Data contribute to Data Liabilities?
Question 6A. They lead to redundant data, and excess data is a liability to maintainB. They prevent users from logging inC. They stop dashboards from refreshingD. They increase the cost of data lineage toolsE. They make data self-service impossible
7. Which of the following is NOT listed as a reason that Data Assets can become Data Liabilities?
Question 7A. Data Security and PrivacyB. MetadataC. Data LineageD. Data CatalogE. Data Compression
8. Which two items are named as the biggest data liabilities?
Question 8A. Data Lineage and MetadataB. Data Quality and Data SecurityC. Data Swap and Dark DataD. Data Marts and Data LakesE. Reference Data and Master Data
9. According to the tagline offered for defending the ROI of data governance initiatives, how does Data Governance keep the balance between Data Assets and Data Liabilities?
Question 9A. By purging all Dark DataB. By implementing DLPC. By outsourcing data storageD. By removing the data catalogE. By increasing data sprawl
10. What common thread links every listed cause of Data Liabilities?
Question 10A. Each involves a hardware failureB. Each involves an external vendorC. Each involves a data breachD. Each involves data underutilisation, and any underutilised data is a liabilityE. Each involves excessive data quality checks