Databricks-Certified-Data-Analyst-Associate Databricks Certified Data Analyst Associate Exam Practice Test

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Question 1

A data analyst is working with gold-layer tables to complete an ad-hoc project. A stakeholder has provided the analyst with an additional dataset that can be used to augment the gold-layer tables already in use.

Which of the following terms is used to describe this data augmentation?



Answer : E

Data enhancement is the process of adding or enriching data with additional information to improve its quality, accuracy, and usefulness. Data enhancement can be used to augment existing data sources with new data sources, such as external datasets, synthetic data, or machine learning models. Data enhancement can help data analysts to gain deeper insights, discover new patterns, and solve complex problems.Data enhancement is one of the applications of generative AI, which can leverage machine learning to generate synthetic data for better models or safer data sharing1.

In the context of the question, the data analyst is working with gold-layer tables, which are curated business-level tables that are typically organized in consumption-ready project-specific databases234.The gold-layer tables are the final layer of data transformations and data quality rules in the medallion lakehouse architecture, which is a data design pattern used to logically organize data in a lakehouse2. The stakeholder has provided the analyst with an additional dataset that can be used to augment the gold-layer tables already in use. This means that the analyst can use the additional dataset to enhance the existing gold-layer tables with more information, such as new features, attributes, or metrics. This data augmentation can help the analyst to complete the ad-hoc project more effectively and efficiently.


What is the medallion lakehouse architecture? - Databricks

Data Warehousing Modeling Techniques and Their Implementation on the Databricks Lakehouse Platform | Databricks Blog

What is the medallion lakehouse architecture? - Azure Databricks

What is a Medallion Architecture? - Databricks

Synthetic Data for Better Machine Learning | Databricks Blog

Question 2

In which of the following situations will the mean value and median value of variable be meaningfully different?



Answer : E

The mean value of a variable is the average of all the values in a data set, calculated by dividing the sum of the values by the number of values. The median value of a variable is the middle value of the ordered data set, or the average of the middle two values if the data set has an even number of values. The mean value is sensitive to outliers, which are values that are very different from the rest of the data. Outliers can skew the mean value and make it less representative of the central tendency of the data. The median value is more robust to outliers, as it only depends on the middle values of the data.Therefore, when the variable contains a lot of extreme outliers, the mean value and the median value will be meaningfully different, as the mean value will be pulled towards the outliers, while the median value will remain close to the majority of the data1.Reference:Difference Between Mean and Median in Statistics (With Example) - BYJU'S


Question 3

Which of the following statements describes descriptive statistics?



Answer : A

Descriptive statistics is a branch of statistics that uses summary statistics, such as mean, median, mode, standard deviation, range, frequency, or correlation, to quantitatively describe and summarize data. Descriptive statistics can help data analysts understand the main features of a data set, such as its central tendency, variability, or distribution. Descriptive statistics can also help data analysts visualize data using charts, graphs, or tables. Descriptive statistics do not make any inferences or predictions about the data, unlike inferential statistics, which use data analysis techniques to infer properties of an underlying population or probability distribution from a sample of data.Reference:Databricks - Descriptive Statistics,Databricks - Data Analysis with Databricks SQL


Question 4

A data organization has a team of engineers developing data pipelines following the medallion architecture using Delta Live Tables. While the data analysis team working on a project is using gold-layer tables from these pipelines, they need to perform some additional processing of these tables prior to performing their analysis.

Which of the following terms is used to describe this type of work?



Answer : D

Last-mile ETL is the term used to describe the additional processing of data that is done by data analysts or data scientists after the data has been ingested, transformed, and stored in the lakehouse by data engineers. Last-mile ETL typically involves tasks such as data cleansing, data enrichment, data aggregation, data filtering, or data sampling that are specific to the analysis or machine learning use case. Last-mile ETL can be done using Databricks SQL, Databricks notebooks, or Databricks Machine Learning.Reference:Databricks - Last-mile ETL,Databricks - Data Analysis with Databricks SQL


Question 5

A data team has been given a series of projects by a consultant that need to be implemented in the Databricks Lakehouse Platform.

Which of the following projects should be completed in Databricks SQL?



Answer : C

Databricks SQL is a service that allows users to query data in the lakehouse using SQL and create visualizations and dashboards1.One of the common use cases for Databricks SQL is to combine data from different sources and formats into a single, comprehensive dataset that can be used for further analysis or reporting2.For example, a data analyst can use Databricks SQL to join data from a CSV file and a Parquet file, or from a Delta table and a JDBC table, and create a new table or view that contains the combined data3. This can help simplify the data management and governance, as well as improve the data quality and consistency.Reference:

Databricks SQL overview

Databricks SQL use cases

Joining data sources


Question 6

Which of the following statements about adding visual appeal to visualizations in the Visualization Editor is incorrect?



Answer : D

The Visualization Editor in Databricks SQL allows users to create and customize various types of charts and visualizations from the query results. Users can change the visualization type, select the data fields, adjust the colors, format the data labels, and modify the tooltips. However, there is no option to add borders to the visualizations in the Visualization Editor.Borders are not a supported feature of the new chart visualizations in Databricks1. Therefore, the statement that borders can be added is incorrect.Reference:

New chart visualizations in Databricks | Databricks on AWS


Question 7

A data analyst has been asked to configure an alert for a query that returns the income in the accounts_receivable table for a date range. The date range is configurable using a Date query parameter.

The Alert does not work.

Which of the following describes why the Alert does not work?



Answer : D

According to the Databricks documentation1, queries that use query parameters cannot be used with Alerts. This is because Alerts do not support user input or dynamic values. Alerts leverage queries with parameters using the default value specified in the SQL editor for each parameter. Therefore, if the query uses a Date query parameter, the alert will always use the same date range as the default value, regardless of the actual date. This may cause the alert to not work as expected, or to not trigger at all.Reference:

Databricks SQL alerts: This is the official documentation for Databricks SQL alerts, where you can find information about how to create, configure, and monitor alerts, as well as the limitations and best practices for using alerts.


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