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