DATABRICKS-CERTIFIED-DATA-ENGINEER-ASSOCIATE · Question #38
Which of the following data workloads will utilize a Gold table as its source?
The correct answer is D. A job that queries aggregated data designed to feed into a dashboard. In the Medallion Architecture, Gold tables represent the highest tier: curated, aggregated, business-ready data optimized for consumption by BI tools, dashboards, and executive reporting. A job that queries aggregated data to feed a dashboard is a textbook Gold-layer consumer…
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- AA job that enriches data by parsing its timestamps into a human-readable format
- BA job that aggregates uncleaned data to create standard summary statistics
- CA job that cleans data by removing malformatted records
- DA job that queries aggregated data designed to feed into a dashboard
- EA job that ingests raw data from a streaming source into the Lakehouse
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(31 responses)- A3% (1)
- B3% (1)
- D94% (29)
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In the Medallion Architecture, Gold tables represent the highest tier: curated, aggregated, business-ready data optimized for consumption by BI tools, dashboards, and executive reporting. A job that queries aggregated data to feed a dashboard is a textbook Gold-layer consumer. The other options map to earlier layers: raw ingestion from a streaming source targets the Bronze layer; removing malformatted records is a Bronze-to-Silver transformation; aggregating uncleaned data is a Silver-layer operation; enriching data by parsing timestamps is also a Silver-level refinement. Gold tables are the final product, not an intermediate processing stage.
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