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DAMA Data Quality Specialist

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Questions 1

An organization changes the definition of "Net Revenue". Before implementing the change, it wants to identify every report, transformation, and analytical model that depends on the existing definition. Which capability is most important?

Options:

A.  

Metadata lineage and impact analysis

B.  

Database compression

C.  

Password rotation

D.  

Physical server inventory

Discussion 0
Questions 2

Big data management requires:

Options:

A.  

More discipline than relational data management

B.  

Less discipline than relational data management

C.  

Big ideas with big budgets

D.  

No discipline at all

E.  

A certification in data science

Discussion 0
Questions 3

A customer moved house three months ago. The CRM still contains the customer's former address, although the record was originally correct when created. Which Data Quality dimension best describes the current problem?

Options:

A.  

Completeness

B.  

Integrity

C.  

Currency

D.  

Uniqueness

Discussion 0
Questions 4

Three common interaction models for data integration are:

Options:

A.  

Point to point, wheel and spoke, public and share

B.  

Record and pass, copy and send, read and write

C.  

Plane to point, harvest and seed, publish and subscribe

D.  

Point to point, hub and spoke, publish and subscribe

E.  

Straight copy, curved copy, roundabout copy

Discussion 0
Questions 5

The implementation of data architecture exposes the transformation of data as it moves across the landscape. A common name for this concept is:

Options:

A.  

Data interfacing

B.  

Data discovery

C.  

Extract, transformation and load

D.  

Data lineage

E.  

Data modelling

Discussion 0
Questions 6

A report displaying birth date contains possible, but incorrect values. What is a possible explanation?

Options:

A.  

Birth date is populated from two source systems, both of which record the birth date in the birth date field

B.  

Birth date is populated from a single source system, which does not contain birth date

C.  

Birth date is populated from a single source system, which contains missing values

D.  

Birth date is populated from a single source system, where the date field is an offset value of 1601

E.  

Birth date is populated from two source systems, one of which stores marriage date in the birth date field

Discussion 0
Questions 7

The need to manage data movement efficiently is a primary driver for:

Options:

A.  

Data Warehousing and Business Intelligence

B.  

Document and Content Management

C.  

Data Integration and Interoperability

D.  

Data Storage and Operations

E.  

Data Security

Discussion 0
Questions 8

An address-validation service reports that 96% of customer addresses conform to an approved postal format. What does this metric demonstrate most directly?

Options:

A.  

Validity

B.  

Accuracy

C.  

Uniqueness

D.  

Integrity

Discussion 0
Questions 9

A data lake and a data warehouse are the same concepts in so far as:

Options:

A.  

They are not related in any way

B.  

They are both concerned with preparing data for reporting and analytics

C.  

They are both concerned with duplicating all the operational data

D.  

They are both concerned with producing star schemas and dimensional data models

E.  

They are both concerned with using different forms of data governance

Discussion 0
Questions 10

An MDM hub receives three customer records that have been confirmed to represent the same person. Before creating the mastered representation, what process determines which source values should populate each attribute?

Options:

A.  

Survivorship

B.  

Encryption

C.  

Partitioning

D.  

Archiving

Discussion 0
Questions 11

The DAMA Wheel contains:

Options:

A.  

Data management deliverables

B.  

Data management processes

C.  

Data strategy initiatives

D.  

Knowledge areas

E.  

Maturity model dimensions

Discussion 0
Questions 12

Before defining a Data Quality metric for a business-critical field, the team should first:

Options:

A.  

Establish the business requirement and intended use of the data

B.  

Select the most expensive profiling tool

C.  

Clean every historical value

D.  

Create a new physical database

Discussion 0
Questions 13

A customer is shown as "Active" in the CRM but "Closed" in the billing system at the same point in time. Both systems use the same customer identifier. Which Data Quality dimension is primarily affected?

Options:

A.  

Completeness

B.  

Consistency

C.  

Uniqueness

D.  

Reasonableness

Discussion 0
Questions 14

A pensioner who usually receives a quarterly bill of around $300 was sent a $100,000,000 electricity bill. They were a victim of poor data quality checks in which dimension?

Options:

A.  

Integrity

B.  

Accuracy

C.  

Currency

D.  

Timeliness

E.  

Reasonableness

Discussion 0
Questions 15

According to the ISO/IEC 42010:2007 Software and Systems Engineering -Architecture Description, which of the following describes the definition of architecture:

Options:

A.  

The fundamental organisation of a system, and the principles governing its design and evolution

B.  

The fundamental responsibility for delivering the best systems at the lowest cost

C.  

The fundamental view of how the system should be built and how it will be maintained

D.  

The fundamental rules for ensuring the information captured in the architected solution is enforcing data quality and completeness

E.  

The fundamental collection of all artifacts that describes a system and how they work together

Discussion 0
Questions 16

A Data Quality rule has been implemented and the defect rate has fallen below the agreed threshold. What activity should continue?

Options:

A.  

Monitoring the metric for sustained performance

B.  

Deleting the rule

C.  

Removing the steward

D.  

Discontinuing all profiling

Discussion 0
Questions 17

The loading of country codes into a CRM is a classic:

Options:

A.  

Transaction data integration

B.  

Reference data integration

C.  

Analytics data integration

D.  

Fact data integration

E.  

Master data integration

Discussion 0
Questions 18

Three source systems provide different telephone numbers for the same customer. An MDM hub selects one number according to approved source-priority rules. This is an example of:

Options:

A.  

Survivorship

B.  

Encryption

C.  

Normalization

D.  

Archiving

Discussion 0
Questions 19

A retail system accepts an order for 750,000 identical office chairs from an individual consumer. The value passes all datatype, domain, and mandatory-field checks. Which additional Data Quality dimension should detect the anomaly?

Options:

A.  

Completeness

B.  

Reasonableness

C.  

Uniqueness

D.  

Currency

Discussion 0
Questions 20

One way of defining ethics is:

Options:

A.  

Doing it right when no one is looking

B.  

Doing it wrong, and then expertly covering it up

C.  

Doing it wrong, and failing to covering it up

D.  

Doing it wrong, and then apologizing

E.  

Doing it right when someone is looking

Discussion 0
Questions 21

An Orders table contains an order whose Customer_ID does not exist in the Customer table. Which Data Quality dimension is most directly violated?

Options:

A.  

Reasonableness

B.  

Completeness

C.  

Integrity

D.  

Currency

Discussion 0
Questions 22

Critical Data is most often used in:

Options:

A.  

Regulatory, financial, or management reporting

B.  

Business operational needs

C.  

Measuring product quality and customer satisfaction

D.  

Business strategy, especially efforts at competitive differentiation

E.  

All of these

Discussion 0
Questions 23

In data modelling practice, entities are linked by:

Options:

A.  

Indexes

B.  

Triggers

C.  

Cardinality

D.  

Relationships

E.  

Processes

Discussion 0
Questions 24

Two departments use the term "Active Customer" but apply different definitions. Which Data Management capability should be addressed first?

Options:

A.  

Business glossary governance

B.  

Storage compression

C.  

Index rebuilding

D.  

Network segmentation

Discussion 0
Questions 25

A team uses a fishbone diagram during investigation of recurring missing customer email addresses. What is the primary purpose of the diagram?

Options:

A.  

Organize potential root causes into categories

B.  

Encrypt customer information

C.  

Calculate database storage

D.  

Create master records automatically

Discussion 0
Questions 26

Periodic archiving of transaction data from a production CRM system is critical for:

Options:

A.  

Training junior DBAs

B.  

Providing alternate sources for reporting systems

C.  

Managing deleted customer records

D.  

The maintenance of database performance

E.  

Enabling the distribution of transaction data across the enterprise

Discussion 0
Questions 27

A financial transaction is captured correctly at 9:00 AM but does not become available to the fraud-monitoring system until 6:00 PM, although the business requirement is availability within five minutes. Which Data Quality dimension is primarily violated?

Options:

A.  

Accuracy

B.  

Timeliness

C.  

Uniqueness

D.  

Completeness

Discussion 0
Questions 28

What are the types of models that are modelled in data models?

Options:

A.  

Category Information

B.  

Business Event Information

C.  

Resource Information

D.  

All of these

E.  

Detail Transaction Information

Discussion 0
Questions 29

A DMZ is bordered by 2 firewalls. These are between the DMZ and the:

Options:

A.  

Internet and internal systems

B.  

Internet and intranet

C.  

Internet, for added security

D.  

Korean peninsula

E.  

Internet and extranet

Discussion 0
Questions 30

A lineage data tool provides:

Options:

A.  

The capture and maintenance of source structures for each attribute on the data model

B.  

Scope for reporting requirements

C.  

Ancestral origin of data DNA

D.  

A clean line between columns in the same entity

E.  

A temporal distortion of data values across systems

Discussion 0
Questions 31

The role of Metadata in Data Management is:

Options:

A.  

To build a big data solution

B.  

To group common data concepts

C.  

To help organisations understand its data, its systems and its workflows

D.  

To provide effective decision making

E.  

To display appropriate data on screens and reports

Discussion 0
Questions 32

Examples of transformation include:

Options:

A.  

Application changes, infrastructure changes, software conversion, de-duplication and re-ordering

B.  

Data modelling changes, structure changes, metric conversion, de-duplication and reordering

C.  

Format changes, structure changes, replication conversion, re-duplication and data ordering

D.  

Organisation changes, location changes, business strategy conversion, down-sizing and outsourcing

E.  

Format changes, structure changes, semantic conversion, de-duplication and re-ordering

Discussion 0
Questions 33

When a data quality team has more issues than they can manage, they should look to:

Options:

A.  

Establish a program of quick wins targeting easy fixes over a short time period

B.  

Delete any issue that is greater than 6 months old

C.  

Establish a program of quick wins targeting easy fixes over a short time period

D.  

Initiate data quality improvement cycles, focusing on achieving incremental improvements

E.  

Hire more people

Discussion 0
Questions 34

A source field stores weight in pounds, while the target system requires kilograms. The integration specification should contain:

Options:

A.  

A documented transformation rule

B.  

A backup retention rule only

C.  

A document classification only

D.  

A firewall policy only

Discussion 0
Questions 35

An effective Data Governance communication program should include the following:

Options:

A.  

Regular newsletters

B.  

All answers

C.  

Events that encourage informal networking

D.  

A custom training program

E.  

A Data Governance Portal

Discussion 0
Questions 36

What is one of the Data Architecture artifacts which are usually captured within development projects, and then standardised and managed by data architects?

Options:

A.  

Business models

B.  

Enterprise data model

C.  

Data models

D.  

Company wide architectural blueprints

E.  

A Data Architecture roadmap

Discussion 0