DP-900 · Question #300
You have data in a tabular format as shown in the following table. Of which type of data is this an example?
The correct answer is D. structured data. Structured data conforms to a predefined schema with rows and columns, making tabular format the canonical example.
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- Aunstructured data
- Bsemi-structured data
- Cdocument
- Dstructured data
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(28 responses)- A7% (2)
- C4% (1)
- D89% (25)
Why each option
Structured data conforms to a predefined schema with rows and columns, making tabular format the canonical example.
Unstructured data (images, video, free-form text) has no predefined schema or row/column organization.
Semi-structured data (JSON, XML, YAML) has self-describing tags or key-value pairs but does not conform to a rigid tabular schema.
Document is a storage format for semi-structured data (e.g., JSON documents in Cosmos DB), not a descriptor for tabular row/column data.
Tabular data has a fixed schema where every row shares the same columns and data types, which is the defining characteristic of structured data stored in relational tables or flat files like CSV.
Concept tested: Classifying structured vs. unstructured data types
Source: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/architecture/data-guide/concepts/data-types
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