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Certified Data Engineer Associate Practice Test 19

Question 180

The source uses camelCase customerId, but the target silver contract requires the snake_case column name customer_id.

Which acceptance result most directly demonstrates that the intended solution works?

  1. The output contains completed orders only and retains all qualifying rows.
  2. A respondent with a null array remains represented once with a null exploded value.
  3. Payment count remains unchanged for one-to-one merchant keys and unmatched payments have null merchant fields.
  4. The silver schema contains customer_id and the sampled identifiers match their source values.

Explanation

Correct Answer

D:

Renaming a column changes its schema label, not the business key values it contains.

Incorrect Answers

A:

The output contains completed orders only and retains all qualifying rows. That finding does not establish that the silver schema contains customer_id and the sampled identifiers match their source values.

B:

A respondent with a null array remains represented once with a null exploded value. That finding does not establish that the silver schema contains customer_id and the sampled identifiers match their source values.

C:

Payment count remains unchanged for one-to-one merchant keys and unmatched payments have null merchant fields. That finding does not establish that the silver schema contains customer_id and the sampled identifiers match their source values.

Question 181

An analyst must retain only completed purchases from a DataFrame containing completed, pending and refunded orders.

Which implementation decision best addresses this requirement?

  1. Use explode on the items array and carry the parent purchase identifier forward.
  2. Apply filter or where using an equality predicate on the status column.
  3. Split the string on its known delimiter and select the intended array element.
  4. Use a left anti join from source customers to master customers on the business key.

Explanation

Correct Answer

B:

Row filtering limits the dataset to the specified business condition before aggregation. The selected implementation is the one directly aligned with the constraints in the scenario.

Incorrect Answers

A:

Exploding an array changes grain from one purchase row to individual item rows.

C:

The split operation exposes components of a delimited string without manual driver-side string processing.

D:

A left anti join returns only left-side rows without any matching right-side key.

Question 182

An analyst must retain only completed purchases from a DataFrame containing completed, pending and refunded orders.

Which acceptance result most directly demonstrates that the intended solution works?

  1. A purchase with three items produces three item rows linked to the same parent order.
  2. The derived region equals the first path component for representative valid inputs.
  3. The output contains missing master keys and excludes all already matched keys.
  4. The output contains completed orders only and retains all qualifying rows.

Explanation

Correct Answer

D:

Row filtering limits the dataset to the specified business condition before aggregation.

Incorrect Answers

A:

A purchase with three items produces three item rows linked to the same parent order. That finding does not establish that the output contains completed orders only and retains all qualifying rows.

B:

The derived region equals the first path component for representative valid inputs. That finding does not establish that the output contains completed orders only and retains all qualifying rows.

C:

The output contains missing master keys and excludes all already matched keys. That finding does not establish that the output contains completed orders only and retains all qualifying rows.

Question 183

A JSON purchase record contains an array of items and the silver table needs one row for each purchased item.

Which implementation decision best addresses this requirement?

  1. Use explode_outer where retaining a row for null arrays is required.
  2. Use an inner join on the appropriate customer key.
  3. Use explode on the items array and carry the parent purchase identifier forward.
  4. Use a left semi join based on the eligible-customer key.

Explanation

Correct Answer

C:

Exploding an array changes grain from one purchase row to individual item rows. The selected implementation is the one directly aligned with the constraints in the scenario.

Incorrect Answers

A:

Outer exploding preserves the parent row in cases where ordinary explode would produce no element row.

B:

An inner join retains records present on both sides of the join condition.

D:

Left semi joins filter the left DataFrame by existence of a right match without adding right-side columns.

Question 184

A JSON purchase record contains an array of items and the silver table needs one row for each purchased item.

Which acceptance result most directly demonstrates that the intended solution works?

  1. A purchase with three items produces three item rows linked to the same parent order.
  2. A respondent with a null array remains represented once with a null exploded value.
  3. A sale with a missing customer key is absent from the joined result while matched sales remain.
  4. Only eligible transaction rows remain and the output schema contains the left-side columns.

Explanation

Correct Answer

A:

Exploding an array changes grain from one purchase row to individual item rows.

Incorrect Answers

B:

A respondent with a null array remains represented once with a null exploded value. That finding does not establish that a purchase with three items produces three item rows linked to the same parent order.

C:

A sale with a missing customer key is absent from the joined result while matched sales remain. That finding does not establish that a purchase with three items produces three item rows linked to the same parent order.

D:

Only eligible transaction rows remain and the output schema contains the left-side columns. That finding does not establish that a purchase with three items produces three item rows linked to the same parent order.

Question 185

A survey record has a null array but the data contract still requires preserving the source respondent when flattening.

Which implementation decision best addresses this requirement?

  1. Split the string on its known delimiter and select the intended array element.
  2. Use a left outer join from payments to merchants on the merchant key.
  3. Use explode_outer where retaining a row for null arrays is required.
  4. Consider a broadcast join of the genuinely small lookup table.

Explanation

Correct Answer

C:

Outer exploding preserves the parent row in cases where ordinary explode would produce no element row. The selected implementation is the one directly aligned with the constraints in the scenario.

Incorrect Answers

A:

The split operation exposes components of a delimited string without manual driver-side string processing.

B:

A left join preserves the full left-side payment population and returns null right-side attributes for unmatched merchants.

D:

Broadcasting a sufficiently small dimension can avoid a large shuffle join when memory and thresholds permit.

Question 186

A survey record has a null array but the data contract still requires preserving the source respondent when flattening.

Which acceptance result most directly demonstrates that the intended solution works?

  1. The derived region equals the first path component for representative valid inputs.
  2. A respondent with a null array remains represented once with a null exploded value.
  3. Payment count remains unchanged for one-to-one merchant keys and unmatched payments have null merchant fields.
  4. The physical plan shows a broadcast join and the query runs within memory constraints.

Explanation

Correct Answer

B:

Outer exploding preserves the parent row in cases where ordinary explode would produce no element row.

Incorrect Answers

A:

The derived region equals the first path component for representative valid inputs. That finding does not establish that a respondent with a null array remains represented once with a null exploded value.

C:

Payment count remains unchanged for one-to-one merchant keys and unmatched payments have null merchant fields. That finding does not establish that a respondent with a null array remains represented once with a null exploded value.

D:

The physical plan shows a broadcast join and the query runs within memory constraints. That finding does not establish that a respondent with a null array remains represented once with a null exploded value.

Question 187

A source stores full product paths like 'region/category/item' in one field, and a silver table requires the region segment separately.

Which implementation decision best addresses this requirement?

  1. Use an inner join on the appropriate customer key.
  2. Use a left anti join from source customers to master customers on the business key.
  3. Use unionByName to append rows by matching column names rather than positions.
  4. Split the string on its known delimiter and select the intended array element.

Explanation

Correct Answer

D:

The split operation exposes components of a delimited string without manual driver-side string processing. The selected implementation is the one directly aligned with the constraints in the scenario.

Incorrect Answers

A:

An inner join retains records present on both sides of the join condition.

B:

A left anti join returns only left-side rows without any matching right-side key.

C:

Name-based union reduces accidental column swaps when schemas have different field order.

Question 188

A source stores full product paths like 'region/category/item' in one field, and a silver table requires the region segment separately.

Which acceptance result most directly demonstrates that the intended solution works?

  1. A sale with a missing customer key is absent from the joined result while matched sales remain.
  2. The derived region equals the first path component for representative valid inputs.
  3. The output contains missing master keys and excludes all already matched keys.
  4. Rows from both sources retain the correct values under each named column.

Explanation

Correct Answer

B:

The split operation exposes components of a delimited string without manual driver-side string processing.

Incorrect Answers

A:

A sale with a missing customer key is absent from the joined result while matched sales remain. That finding does not establish that the derived region equals the first path component for representative valid inputs.

C:

The output contains missing master keys and excludes all already matched keys. That finding does not establish that the derived region equals the first path component for representative valid inputs.

D:

Rows from both sources retain the correct values under each named column. That finding does not establish that the derived region equals the first path component for representative valid inputs.

Question 189

A reporting engineer joins sales to customers and requires only sales with a matching customer dimension row.

Which implementation decision best addresses this requirement?

  1. Use an inner join on the appropriate customer key.
  2. Use a left outer join from payments to merchants on the merchant key.
  3. Use a left semi join based on the eligible-customer key.
  4. Use union followed by distinct if duplicate elimination is required for DataFrame rows.

Explanation

Correct Answer

A:

An inner join retains records present on both sides of the join condition. The selected implementation is the one directly aligned with the constraints in the scenario.

Incorrect Answers

B:

A left join preserves the full left-side payment population and returns null right-side attributes for unmatched merchants.

C:

Left semi joins filter the left DataFrame by existence of a right match without adding right-side columns.

D:

PySpark DataFrame union appends rows without guaranteeing deduplication; distinct is a separate operation.

Question 190

A reporting engineer joins sales to customers and requires only sales with a matching customer dimension row.

Which acceptance result most directly demonstrates that the intended solution works?

  1. Payment count remains unchanged for one-to-one merchant keys and unmatched payments have null merchant fields.
  2. Only eligible transaction rows remain and the output schema contains the left-side columns.
  3. A sale with a missing customer key is absent from the joined result while matched sales remain.
  4. The output has one instance of every identical row after explicit deduplication.

Explanation

Correct Answer

C:

An inner join retains records present on both sides of the join condition.

Incorrect Answers

A:

Payment count remains unchanged for one-to-one merchant keys and unmatched payments have null merchant fields. That finding does not establish that a sale with a missing customer key is absent from the joined result while matched sales remain.

B:

Only eligible transaction rows remain and the output schema contains the left-side columns. That finding does not establish that a sale with a missing customer key is absent from the joined result while matched sales remain.

D:

The output has one instance of every identical row after explicit deduplication. That finding does not establish that a sale with a missing customer key is absent from the joined result while matched sales remain.

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