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PROFESSIONAL-DATA-ENGINEER · Question #123
When you design a Google Cloud Bigtable schema it is recommended that you _________.
The correct answer is C. Avoid schema designs that require atomicity across rows. Explanation/Reference: All operations are atomic at the row level. For example, if you update two rows in a table, it's possible that one row will be updated successfully and the other update will fail. Avoid schema designs that require atomicity across rows.
Submitted by tarun92· Mar 30, 2026Designing data processing systems
Question
When you design a Google Cloud Bigtable schema it is recommended that you _________.
Options
- AAvoid schema designs that are based on NoSQL concepts
- BCreate schema designs that are based on a relational database design
- CAvoid schema designs that require atomicity across rows
- DCreate schema designs that require atomicity across rows
How the community answered
(44 responses)- A2% (1)
- B2% (1)
- C89% (39)
- D7% (3)
Explanation
Explanation/Reference: All operations are atomic at the row level. For example, if you update two rows in a table, it's possible that one row will be updated successfully and the other update will fail. Avoid schema designs that require atomicity across rows.
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#Cloud Bigtable#schema design#atomicity#NoSQL
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