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DP-203 · Question #11

You have files and folders in Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2 for an Azure Synapse workspace as shown in the following exhibit. You create an external table named ExtTable that has…

The correct answer is B. File1.csv and File4.csv only. In case of a serverless pool a wildcard should be added to the location. https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/synapse-analytics/sql/develop-tables-external- tables?tabs=hadoop#arguments-create-external-table

Submitted by jaden.t· Mar 30, 2026Data Storage and Operations

Question

You have files and folders in Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2 for an Azure Synapse workspace as shown in the following exhibit. You create an external table named ExtTable that has LOCATION='/topfolder/'. When you query ExtTable by using an Azure Synapse Analytics serverless SQL pool, which files are returned?

Exhibit

DP-203 question #11 exhibit

Options

  • AFile2.csv and File3.csv only
  • BFile1.csv and File4.csv only
  • CFile1.csv, File2.csv, File3.csv, and File4.csv
  • DFile1.csv only

How the community answered

(30 responses)
  • A
    10% (3)
  • B
    73% (22)
  • C
    3% (1)
  • D
    13% (4)

Explanation

In case of a serverless pool a wildcard should be added to the location. https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/synapse-analytics/sql/develop-tables-external- tables?tabs=hadoop#arguments-create-external-table

Topics

#external tables#Azure Data Lake Gen2#serverless SQL pool#folder traversal

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