DP-700 Sample Questions Answers

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Bronze Layer: A pipeline Copy activity

The bronze layer is used to store raw, unprocessed data. The requirements specify that no transformations should be applied before landing the data in this layer. Using a pipeline Copy activity ensures minimal development effort, built-in connectors, and the ability to ingest the data directly into the Delta format in the bronze layer.

Silver Layer: A notebook

The silver layer involves extensive data cleansing (deduplication, handling missing values, and standardizing capitalization). A notebook provides the flexibility to implement complex transformations and is well-suited for this task.

To ensure that the usage of the data in the Amazon S3 bucket meets the technical requirements, we must address two key points:

Minimize egress costs associated with cross-cloud data access: Using a shortcut ensures that Fabric does not replicate the data from the S3 bucket into the lakehouse but rather provides direct access to the data in its original location. This minimizes cross-cloud data transfer and avoids additional egress costs.

Prevent saving a copy of the raw data in the lakehouses: Disabling caching ensures that the raw data is not copied or persisted in the Fabric workspace. The data is accessed on-demand directly from the Amazon S3 bucket.

MAR1 has seven entities, each accessible via a different API endpoint. A ForEach activity is required to iterate over these endpoints to fetch data from each one. It enables dynamic execution of API calls for each entity.

The Copy data activity is the primary mechanism to extract data from REST APIs and load it into the bronze layer in Delta format. It supports native connectors for REST APIs and Delta, minimizing development effort.

You need to schedule the population of the medallion layers to meet the technical requirements.

What should you do?

A. Schedule a data pipeline that calls other data pipelines.

B. Schedule a notebook.

C. Schedule an Apache Spark job.

D. Schedule multiple data pipelines.

Answer: A

The technical requirements specify that:

Medallion layers must be fully populated sequentially (bronze → silver → gold). Each layer must be populated before the next.

If any step fails, the process must notify the data engineers.

Data imports should run simultaneously when possible.

Why Use a Data Pipeline That Calls Other Data Pipelines?

A data pipeline provides a modular and reusable approach to orchestrating the sequential population of medallion layers.

By calling other pipelines, each pipeline can focus on populating a specific layer (bronze, silver, or gold), simplifying development and maintenance.

A parent pipeline can handle:

- Sequential execution of child pipelines.

- Error handling to send email notifications upon failures.

- Parallel execution of tasks where possible (e.g., simultaneous imports into the bronze layer).

Data Analysts' Access Requirements must only have read access to the Delta tables in the gold layer and not have access to the bronze and silver layers.

The gold layer data is typically queried via SQL Endpoints. Granting the Read all SQL Endpoint data permission allows data analysts to query the data using familiar SQL-based tools while restricting access to the underlying files.

The requirement specifies that Litware plans to make the book reviews available in the lakehouse without making a copy of the data. In this case, creating a shortcut in Fabric is the most appropriate solution. A shortcut is a reference to the external data, and it allows Litware to access the book reviews stored in Amazon S3 without duplicating the data into the lakehouse.

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SELECT last_run_start_time, last_run_command: These fields will help identify the execution details of the long-running queries.

FROM queryinsights.long_running_queries: The correct solution is to check the long-running queries using the queryinsights.long_running_queries view, which provides insights into queries that take longer than expected to execute.

WHERE last_run_total_elapsed_time_ms > 7200000: This condition filters queries that took more than 2 hours to complete (7200000 milliseconds), which is relevant to the issue described.

AND number_of_failed_runs > 1: This condition is key for identifying queries that have failed more than once, helping to isolate the problematic queries that cause failures and need attention.

The sales data issue can be resolved by configuring incremental refresh for the dataflow. Incremental refresh allows for only the new or changed data to be processed, minimizing the amount of data transferred and improving performance.

The solution specifies that data older than one month never changes, so setting the refresh period to 1 Month is appropriate. This ensures that only the most recent month of data will be refreshed, reducing unnecessary data transfers.

To implement a domain strategy and manage subdomains within Fabric, the domain admin role is the appropriate role for the user. A domain admin has the permissions necessary to:

Create a new domain (for the sales department).

Create subdomains (for the east and west regions).

Assign workspaces (such as Workspace1 and Workspace2) to the appropriate subdomains.

The domain admin role allows for managing the structure and organization of workspaces in the context of domains and subdomains while maintaining the principle of least privilege by limiting the user's access to managing the domain structure specifically.

Changes to Table1 Structure:

StreamData column: An additional temperature element was added.

Timestamp column: Data type changed from datetime to date.

DeviceId column: Data type changed from guid to string.

Impact of Changes:

Only records that comply with Table2’s structure will load.

Records that deviate from Table2’s column data types or structure will be rejected.

Record B:

Timestamp: Matches Table2 (datetime format).

DeviceId: Matches Table2 (guid format).

StreamData: Contains only the index and eventid, which matches Table2.

Accepted because it fully matches Table2’s structure and data types.

Record D:

Timestamp: Matches Table2 (datetime format).

DeviceId: Matches Table2 (guid format).

StreamData: Matches Table2’s structure.

Accepted because it fully matches Table2’s structure and data types.

A deployment pipeline in Fabric is designed to automate the process of deploying assets (such as reports, datasets, eventhouses, and other objects) between environments like Dev, Test, and Prod. Since you need to deploy an eventhouse as part of the deployment process, a deployment pipeline is the appropriate tool to move this asset through the different stages of your environment.

An outer join will include unmatched rows from both tables, increasing the dataset size and processing time. It does not improve query performance.

Changes to Table1 Structure:

StreamData column: An additional temperature element was added.

Timestamp column: Data type changed from datetime to date.

DeviceId column: Data type changed from guid to string.

Impact of Changes:

Only records that comply with Table2’s structure will load.

Records that deviate from Table2’s column data types or structure will be rejected.

Record B:

Timestamp: Matches Table2 (datetime format).

DeviceId: Matches Table2 (guid format).

StreamData: Contains only the index and eventid, which matches Table2.

Accepted because it fully matches Table2’s structure and data types.

Record D:

Timestamp: Matches Table2 (datetime format).

DeviceId: Matches Table2 (guid format).

StreamData: Matches Table2’s structure.

Accepted because it fully matches Table2’s structure and data types.