Microsoft DP-203 Practice Test - Questions Answers, Page 9
List of questions
Question 81

You are performing exploratory analysis of the bus fare data in an Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2 account by using an Azure Synapse Analytics serverless SQL pool.
You execute the Transact-SQL query shown in the following exhibit.
What do the query results include?
Question 82

DRAG DROP
You have a table named SalesFact in an enterprise data warehouse in Azure Synapse Analytics. SalesFact contains sales data from the past 36 months and has the following characteristics:
Is partitioned by month
Contains one billion rows
Has clustered columnstore indexes
At the beginning of each month, you need to remove data from SalesFact that is older than 36 months as quickly as possible.
Which three actions should you perform in sequence in a stored procedure? To answer, move the appropriate actions from the list of actions to the answer area and arrange them in the correct order.
Explanation:
Step 1: Create an empty table named SalesFact_work that has the same schema as SalesFact.
Step 2: Switch the partition containing the stale data from SalesFact to SalesFact_Work. SQL Data Warehouse supports partition splitting, merging, and switching. To switch partitions between two tables, you must ensure that the partitions align on their respective boundaries and that the table definitions match.
Loading data into partitions with partition switching is a convenient way stage new data in a table that is not visible to users the switch in the new data. Step 3: Drop the SalesFact_Work table.
Reference:
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/sql-data-warehouse/sql-data-warehouse-tables-partition
Question 83

HOTSPOT
You are planning the deployment of Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2.
You have the following two reports that will access the data lake:
Report1: Reads three columns from a file that contains 50 columns. Report2: Queries a single record based on a timestamp.
You need to recommend in which format to store the data in the data lake to support the reports. The solution must minimize read times.
What should you recommend for each report? To answer, select the appropriate options in the answer area.
NOTE: Each correct selection is worth one point.
Explanation:
Question 84

HOTSPOT
You need to output files from Azure Data Factory.
Which file format should you use for each type of output? To answer, select the appropriate options in the answer area.
NOTE: Each correct selection is worth one point.
Explanation:
Box 1: Parquet
Parquet stores data in columns, while Avro stores data in a row-based format. By their very nature, column-oriented data stores are optimized for read-heavy analytical workloads, while row-based databases are best for write-heavy transactional workloads.
Box 2: Avro
An Avro schema is created using JSON format.
AVRO supports timestamps.
Note: Azure Data Factory supports the following file formats (not GZip or TXT). Avro format
Binary format
Delimited text format
Excel format
JSON format
ORC format
Parquet format
XML format
Reference:
https://www.datanami.com/2018/05/16/big-data-file-formats-demystified
Question 85

HOTSPOT
You use Azure Data Factory to prepare data to be queried by Azure Synapse Analytics serverless SQL pools.
Files are initially ingested into an Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2 account as 10 small JSON files. Each file contains the same data attributes and data from a subsidiary of your company.
You need to move the files to a different folder and transform the data to meet the following requirements:
Provide the fastest possible query times.
Automatically infer the schema from the underlying files.
How should you configure the Data Factory copy activity? To answer, select the appropriate options in the answer area.
NOTE: Each correct selection is worth one point.
Explanation:
Box 1: Preserver herarchy
Compared to the flat namespace on Blob storage, the hierarchical namespace greatly improves the performance of directory management operations, which improves overall job performance.
Box 2: Parquet
Azure Data Factory parquet format is supported for Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2. Parquet supports the schema property.
Reference:
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/blobs/data-lake-storage-introduction
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/data-factory/format-parquet
Question 86

HOTSPOT
You have a data model that you plan to implement in a data warehouse in Azure Synapse Analytics as shown in the following exhibit.
All the dimension tables will be less than 2 GB after compression, and the fact table will be approximately 6 TB. The dimension tables will be relatively static with very few data inserts and updates.
Which type of table should you use for each table? To answer, select the appropriate options in the answer area.
NOTE: Each correct selection is worth one point.
Explanation:
Box 1: Replicated
Replicated tables are ideal for small star-schema dimension tables, because the fact table is often distributed on a column that is not compatible with the connected dimension tables. If this case applies to your schema, consider changing small dimension tables currently implemented as round-robin to replicated.
Box 2: Replicated
Box 3: Replicated
Box 4: Hash-distributed
For Fact tables use hash-distribution with clustered columnstore index. Performance improves when two hash tables are joined on the same distribution column.
Reference:
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/reduce-data-movement-and-make-your-queries-more-efficient-with-the-general-availability-of-replicated-tables/
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/replicated-tables-now-generally-available-in-azure-sql-data-warehouse/
Question 87

HOTSPOT
You have an Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2 container.
Data is ingested into the container, and then transformed by a data integration application. The data is NOT modified after that. Users can read files in the container but cannot modify the files.
You need to design a data archiving solution that meets the following requirements:
New data is accessed frequently and must be available as quickly as possible. Data that is older than five years is accessed infrequently but must be available within one second when requested. Data that is older than seven years is NOT accessed. After seven years, the data must be persisted at the lowest cost possible. Costs must be minimized while maintaining the required availability.
How should you manage the data? To answer, select the appropriate options in the answer area.
NOTE: Each correct selection is worth one point
Explanation:
HOTSPOT
You have an Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2 container.
Data is ingested into the container, and then transformed by a data integration application. The data is NOT modified after that. Users can read files in the container but cannot modify the files.
You need to design a data archiving solution that meets the following requirements:
New data is accessed frequently and must be available as quickly as possible. Data that is older than five years is accessed infrequently but must be available within one second when requested. Data that is older than seven years is NOT accessed. After seven years, the data must be persisted at the lowest cost possible. Costs must be minimized while maintaining the required availability.
How should you manage the data? To answer, select the appropriate options in the answer area.
NOTE: Each correct selection is worth one point
Question 88

DRAG DROP
You need to create a partitioned table in an Azure Synapse Analytics dedicated SQL pool.
How should you complete the Transact-SQL statement? To answer, drag the appropriate values to the correct targets. Each value may be used once, more than once, or not at all. You may need to drag the split bar between panes or scroll to view content.
NOTE: Each correct selection is worth one point.
Explanation:
Box 1: DISTRIBUTION
Table distribution options include DISTRIBUTION = HASH ( distribution_column_name ), assigns each row to one distribution by hashing the value stored in distribution_column_name.
Box 2: PARTITION
Table partition options. Syntax:
PARTITION ( partition_column_name RANGE [ LEFT | RIGHT ] FOR VALUES ( [ boundary_value [,...n] ] ))
Reference:
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/t-sql/statements/create-table-azure-sql-data-warehouse?
Question 89

HOTSPOT
You have an Azure Synapse Analytics dedicated SQL pool that contains the users shown in the following table.
User1 executes a query on the database, and the query returns the results shown in the following exhibit.
User1 is the only user who has access to the unmasked data.
Use the drop-down menus to select the answer choice that completes each statement based on the information presented in the graphic.
NOTE: Each correct selection is worth one point.
Explanation:
Box 1: 0
The YearlyIncome column is of the money data type.
The Default masking function: Full masking according to the data types of the designated fields Use a zero value for numeric data types (bigint, bit, decimal, int, money, numeric, smallint, smallmoney, tinyint, float, real).
Box 2: the values stored in the database
Users with administrator privileges are always excluded from masking, and see the original data without any mask.
Reference:
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/dynamic-data-masking-overview
Question 90

HOTSPOT
You have two Azure Storage accounts named Storage1 and Storage2. Each account holds one container and has the hierarchical namespace enabled. The system has files that contain data stored in the Apache Parquet format.
You need to copy folders and files from Storage1 to Storage2 by using a Data Factory copy activity. The solution must meet the following requirements:
No transformations must be performed.
The original folder structure must be retained.
Minimize time required to perform the copy activity.
How should you configure the copy activity? To answer, select the appropriate options in the answer area.
NOTE: Each correct selection is worth one point.
Explanation:
Box 1: Parquet
For Parquet datasets, the type property of the copy activity source must be set to ParquetSource.
Box 2: PreserveHierarchy
PreserveHierarchy (default): Preserves the file hierarchy in the target folder. The relative path of the source file to the source folder is identical to the relative path of the target file to the target folder. Incorrect Answers:
FlattenHierarchy: All files from the source folder are in the first level of the target folder. The target files have autogenerated names. MergeFiles: Merges all files from the source folder to one file. If the file name is specified, the merged file name is the specified name. Otherwise, it's an autogenerated file name.
Reference:
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/data-factory/format-parquet
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/data-factory/connector-azure-data-lake-storage
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