Data Warehousing | DWH | MCQ
1
The operation of moving from coarser granularity data to a finer granularity is called
Select one:
2
___________ is a good alternative to the star schema.
A. Star schema.
B. Snowflake schema.
C. Fact constellation.
D. Star-snowflake schema.
A. Star schema.
B. Snowflake schema.
C. Fact constellation.
D. Star-snowflake schema.
3
Aggregate navigator is based on
Select one:
a. Summary tables
b. Logical Views
c. Indexes
d. Materialized Views
4
MOLAP stores aggregate values in which of the following structure?
Select one:
a. View
b. Table
c. Index
d. Array
5
Which one of the following is NOT a characteristic of metadata?
Select one:
a. Self-describing
b. Helps user to build ad-hoc queries
c. Includes user data
d. Data about data
6
Dimensions D1 and D2 are not considered conforming if
Select one:
a. D1 identical to D2
b. D1 and D2 are present on the same server
c. D1 is rolled up subset of D2
d. D1 columns are subset of D2
6
A bitmap index is most appropriate on which of these columns
Select one:
a. Date of Birth
b. Name
c. Salary
d. Gender
7
Difference between Rank and Sort in SQL is
Select one:
a. Rank gives a separate sequence of numbers
b. They are same
c. Sort is based on attribute while Rank is not
d. Sort allows aggregates while Rank does not
8
The SQL analytical function to divide records into equal sized groups is
Select one:
a. GROUP BY
b. NTILE
c. QUARTILE
d. PERCENTILE
9
When were analytic functions introduced in SQL?
Select one:
a. 2011
b. 2003
c. 1992
d. 1999
10
Summarization for a table is to be done using 4 attributes. How many SQL statements using GROUP BY are required to produce equivalent results?
Select one:
a. 4
b. 8
c. 16
d. 64
11
Which of the following OLAP techniques offers best latency?
Select one:
a. HOLAP
b. MOLAP
c. ROLAP
d. DOLAP
12
A table can not be partitioned by
Select one:
a. Hash
b. Range
c. Rank
d. List
13
In SQL, what is the difference between GROUP BY and PARTITION BY clauses ?
Select one:
a. SELECT clause
b. Type of attributes
c. WHERE clause
d. They are same.
14
Which of the following is Apache data warehouse?
Select one:
a. Sqoop
b. Hive
c. Hbase
d. HDFS
15
Views in SQL are of the type
Select one:
a. Always Virtual
b. Always up-to-date
c. Always Physical
d. Sometimes physical
16
Which of the following is NOT a kind of data warehouse application?
Select one:
a. Transaction processing
b. Data mining
c. Information processing
d. Analytical processing
17
If you have to summarize data as per hierarchy in dimension attributes, which is appropriate SQL clause?
Select one:
a. HAVING
b. ROLLUP
c. SUM
d. WHERE
18
A Data Mart whose source is directly from transactional systems, legacy applications, or external data feeds
Select one:
a. Intra-entry Data Mart
b. Inter-entry Data Mart
c. Dependent Data Mart
d. Independent Data Mart
19
A ___________ is a table on disk that contains the result set of a query
Select one:
a. View
b. Table
c. Pivot
d. Materialized View
20
Which one is NOT the Codd’s rule for OLAP?
Select one:
a. Intuitive Data Manipulation
b. Consistent Reporting Performance
c. Restricted cross dimensional operation
d. Transparency
Select one:
a. Summary tables
b. Logical Views
c. Indexes
d. Materialized Views
4
MOLAP stores aggregate values in which of the following structure?
Select one:
a. View
b. Table
c. Index
d. Array
5
Which one of the following is NOT a characteristic of metadata?
Select one:
a. Self-describing
b. Helps user to build ad-hoc queries
c. Includes user data
d. Data about data
6
Dimensions D1 and D2 are not considered conforming if
Select one:
a. D1 identical to D2
b. D1 and D2 are present on the same server
c. D1 is rolled up subset of D2
d. D1 columns are subset of D2
6
A bitmap index is most appropriate on which of these columns
Select one:
a. Date of Birth
b. Name
c. Salary
d. Gender
7
Difference between Rank and Sort in SQL is
Select one:
a. Rank gives a separate sequence of numbers
b. They are same
c. Sort is based on attribute while Rank is not
d. Sort allows aggregates while Rank does not
8
The SQL analytical function to divide records into equal sized groups is
Select one:
a. GROUP BY
b. NTILE
c. QUARTILE
d. PERCENTILE
9
When were analytic functions introduced in SQL?
Select one:
a. 2011
b. 2003
c. 1992
d. 1999
10
Summarization for a table is to be done using 4 attributes. How many SQL statements using GROUP BY are required to produce equivalent results?
Select one:
a. 4
b. 8
c. 16
d. 64
11
Which of the following OLAP techniques offers best latency?
Select one:
a. HOLAP
b. MOLAP
c. ROLAP
d. DOLAP
12
A table can not be partitioned by
Select one:
a. Hash
b. Range
c. Rank
d. List
13
In SQL, what is the difference between GROUP BY and PARTITION BY clauses ?
Select one:
a. SELECT clause
b. Type of attributes
c. WHERE clause
d. They are same.
14
Which of the following is Apache data warehouse?
Select one:
a. Sqoop
b. Hive
c. Hbase
d. HDFS
15
Views in SQL are of the type
Select one:
a. Always Virtual
b. Always up-to-date
c. Always Physical
d. Sometimes physical
16
Which of the following is NOT a kind of data warehouse application?
Select one:
a. Transaction processing
b. Data mining
c. Information processing
d. Analytical processing
17
If you have to summarize data as per hierarchy in dimension attributes, which is appropriate SQL clause?
Select one:
a. HAVING
b. ROLLUP
c. SUM
d. WHERE
18
A Data Mart whose source is directly from transactional systems, legacy applications, or external data feeds
Select one:
a. Intra-entry Data Mart
b. Inter-entry Data Mart
c. Dependent Data Mart
d. Independent Data Mart
19
A ___________ is a table on disk that contains the result set of a query
Select one:
a. View
b. Table
c. Pivot
d. Materialized View
20
Which one is NOT the Codd’s rule for OLAP?
Select one:
a. Intuitive Data Manipulation
b. Consistent Reporting Performance
c. Restricted cross dimensional operation
d. Transparency