Microsoft Dp 203 Data Engineering Azure Practice Test - Set 1

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1. Which Azure service is best suited for processing real-time streaming data?

Azure Stream Analytics

Azure Data Factory

Azure Synapse Analytics

Azure Blob Storage

2. Which component of Azure Synapse Analytics is responsible for executing SQL queries on large datasets?

Dedicated SQL Pool

Apache Spark Pool

Serverless SQL Pool

Azure Data Explorer

3. What is the primary purpose of Azure Data Factory?

Data integration and orchestration

Real-time data processing

Data warehousing

Data visualization

4. Which Azure service is used for big data analytics and data warehousing?

Azure Synapse Analytics

Azure Data Factory

Azure Stream Analytics

Azure Blob Storage

5. What is the primary function of Azure Databricks?

Collaborative Apache Spark-based analytics

Data integration

Data warehousing

Real-time data processing

6. Which Azure service is used for storing large amounts of unstructured data?

Azure Blob Storage

Azure Data Lake Storage

Azure SQL Database

Azure Cosmos DB

7. What is the primary purpose of Azure Data Lake Storage?

Store and analyze large volumes of data

Real-time data processing

Data integration

Data visualization

8. Which Azure service is used for real-time data ingestion and processing?

Azure Event Hubs

Azure Data Factory

Azure Synapse Analytics

Azure Databricks

9. What is the primary function of Azure Stream Analytics?

Real-time data processing and analytics

Data integration

Data warehousing

Data visualization

10. Which Azure service is used for managing and orchestrating data pipelines?

Azure Data Factory

Azure Synapse Analytics

Azure Databricks

Azure Stream Analytics

11. What is the primary purpose of Azure Cosmos DB?

Globally distributed NoSQL database

Data integration

Data warehousing

Real-time data processing

12. Which Azure service is used for interactive querying of large datasets?

Azure Synapse Analytics

Azure Data Factory

Azure Databricks

Azure Stream Analytics

13. What is the primary function of Azure HDInsight?

Managed Hadoop, Spark, and other big data frameworks

Data integration

Data warehousing

Real-time data processing

14. Which Azure service is used for real-time analytics on IoT data?

Azure IoT Hub

Azure Stream Analytics

Azure Data Factory

Azure Synapse Analytics

15. What is the primary purpose of Azure SQL Data Warehouse?

Data warehousing and analytics

Real-time data processing

Data integration

Data visualization

16. Which Azure service is used for managing and querying NoSQL data?

Azure Cosmos DB

Azure SQL Database

Azure Data Lake Storage

Azure Blob Storage

17. What is the primary function of Azure Data Explorer?

Real-time analytics on large volumes of data

Data integration

Data warehousing

Data visualization

18. Which Azure service is used for building and deploying machine learning models?

Azure Machine Learning

Azure Databricks

Azure Synapse Analytics

Azure Data Factory

19. What is the primary purpose of Azure Analysis Services?

Data modeling and analytics

Data integration

Data warehousing

Real-time data processing

20. Which Azure service is used for managing and querying graph data?

Azure Cosmos DB Gremlin API

Azure SQL Database

Azure Data Lake Storage

Azure Blob Storage

21. Which Azure service is used to create data-driven workflows for orchestrating data movement and transformation?

Azure Data Factory

Azure Logic Apps

Azure Functions

Azure Event Grid

22. What is the maximum data retention period for Azure Stream Analytics jobs using default settings?

7 days

30 days

1 year

Unlimited

23. Which file format is recommended for analytical workloads in Azure Data Lake Storage?

Parquet

CSV

JSON

AVRO

24. Which Azure service provides a unified data governance solution?

Azure Purview

Azure Synapse Analytics

Azure Data Catalog

Azure Policy

25. What is the primary purpose of Delta Lake in Azure Databricks?

ACID transactions for data lakes

Real-time streaming

Data visualization

Machine learning

26. Which PolyBase feature is used to query data in Azure Data Lake Storage from Synapse Analytics?

External Tables

Materialized Views

Stored Procedures

CTAS

27. What is the maximum throughput limit for Azure Event Hubs Standard tier per throughput unit?

1 MB/s ingress

10 MB/s ingress

100 MB/s ingress

1 GB/s ingress

28. Which Data Factory component is used to execute data transformation logic?

Data Flows

Pipelines

Datasets

Triggers

29. What is the primary purpose of Azure Synapse Serverless SQL Pool?

Query data directly from storage

Manage ETL pipelines

Host machine learning models

Process real-time data

30. Which authentication method is recommended for Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2?

Azure AD integration

Shared Key

SAS tokens

Storage account keys

31. What is the maximum cache size for Azure Synapse Dedicated SQL Pool?

1 TB per node

10 TB per node

100 GB per node

Unlimited

32. Which feature enables schema enforcement in Delta Lake?

Schema Validation

Time Travel

ACID Compliance

OPTIMIZE Command

33. What is the primary purpose of Azure Data Share?

Secure data sharing between organizations

Data transformation

Real-time analytics

Machine learning

34. Which compression type is most efficient for analytical queries in Parquet files?

Snappy

GZip

LZO

BZip2

35. What is the maximum number of partitions supported in Azure Event Hubs?

1024

100

256

Unlimited

36. Which Data Factory trigger type is based on wall-clock time?

Schedule Trigger

Tumbling Window

Event-based Trigger

Storage Event Trigger

37. What is the primary purpose of Azure Databricks Jobs?

Run automated workloads

Ad-hoc analysis

Data visualization

Real-time streaming

38. Which Synapse Analytics feature provides built-in pipeline monitoring?

Synapse Monitor

Azure Monitor

Log Analytics

Application Insights

39. What is the maximum degree of parallelism in Azure Stream Analytics?

60 streaming units

Unlimited

100 streaming units

10 streaming units

40. Which feature enables data versioning in Delta Lake?

Time Travel

Schema Evolution

OPTIMIZE

VACUUM

41. Which partitioning strategy is recommended for time-series data in Azure Data Lake Storage?

Hierarchical (e.g., /year/month/day)

Random hash partitioning

Alphabetical partitioning

Single partition

42. Which Azure service provides serverless SQL queries over data in Azure Blob Storage?

Azure Synapse Serverless SQL Pool

Azure SQL Database

Azure Databricks SQL

HDInsight Interactive Query

43. What is the primary purpose of the MERGE command in Delta Lake?

Upsert operations (insert/update)

Delete partitions

Compress files

Encrypt data

44. Which Azure service is used to physically transfer petabytes of data to Azure?

Azure Data Box

Azure Migrate

Azure Import/Export

Azure Storage Explorer

45. What is the maximum delay allowed for Bounded Staleness consistency in Cosmos DB?

5 minutes or 100,000 operations

1 hour

24 hours

No maximum

46. Which feature in Azure Data Factory enables SSIS package execution?

Azure-SSIS Integration Runtime

Data Flow

Custom Activity

Pipeline Parameters

47. What is the primary purpose of Shuffling in Spark jobs?

Redistribute data across partitions

Encrypt data

Compress files

Schedule tasks

48. Which Azure service provides managed Airflow environments?

Azure Data Factory Managed Airflow

Azure Databricks Workflows

Azure Logic Apps

Azure Kubernetes Service

49. What is the maximum size of a single block blob in Azure Storage?

4.75 TB

1 TB

100 GB

Unlimited

50. Which feature enables cross-database queries in Azure Synapse Analytics?

PolyBase

Elastic Query

Linked Servers

External Tables

51. What is the primary purpose of the VACUUM command in Delta Lake?

Remove unused data files

Compress partitions

Encrypt data

Update statistics

52. Which Azure service provides real-time data exploration using Kusto Query Language (KQL)?

Azure Data Explorer

Azure Monitor

Azure Synapse Analytics

Azure Stream Analytics

53. What is the maximum message retention period for Azure Event Hubs?

7 days (Standard Tier)

24 hours

30 days

1 year

54. Which authentication method is required for Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2 POSIX ACLs?

Azure AD with RBAC

Shared Key

SAS tokens

Anonymous access

55. What is the primary purpose of the OPTIMIZE command in Delta Lake?

Compact small files into larger ones

Delete old data

Encrypt data

Update metadata

56. Which Azure service provides a fully managed PostgreSQL Hyperscale database?

Azure Database for PostgreSQL

Azure Cosmos DB

Azure SQL Database

Azure Synapse Analytics

57. What is the maximum number of activities in a single Data Factory pipeline?

Unlimited

100

500

58. Which feature enables automatic schema drift handling in Azure Data Factory?

Mapping Data Flows

Copy Activity

Stored Procedures

Binary Copy

59. What is the maximum query timeout for Azure Synapse Serverless SQL Pool?

30 minutes

1 hour

24 hours

No limit

60. Which Azure service provides a managed Prometheus and Grafana integration?

Azure Monitor

Azure Data Explorer

Azure Synapse Analytics

Azure Databricks

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