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Question 1 What is an example of how Spark can bring
Correct value to watsonx.data's lakehouse
environment?
1.00 points out
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Spark provides a governance layer that

enables policy controls across all
watsonx.data users.

Spark can provide Presto with a native

data store, avoiding the need for object
storage.

Spark can run data  Correct!

cleansing and
transformation
workloads.

Spark includes a graphical user

interface that doubles as
watsonx.data's user interface.

Your answer is correct.

The correct answer is:

Spark can run data cleansing and
transformation workloads.
Question 2 Which one of the following statements best
Correct describes a data lakehouse?

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A data lakehouse is a database system
specifically designed for high volume
transactional workloads; analytics
workloads do not perform well on it.

A data lakehouse is a  Correct!

new data architecture
that brings together the
best characteristics of a
data warehouse and data
lake.

A data lakehouse is the exact same

thing as a data warehouse, it's just a
more modern name for the architecture.

A data lakehouse is used to clean and

transform data so that it can be fed into
a separate data lake environment on
which all analytics is performed.

Your answer is correct.

The correct answer is:
A data lakehouse is a new data architecture
that brings together the best characteristics
of a data warehouse and data lake.
Question 3 What acronym represents the transactional
Correct capabilities supported by the Iceberg table
format?
1.00 points out
of 1.00 Select one:
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ACID  Correct!

IOTX

BASE

CNST

Your answer is correct.

The correct answer is:
ACID

Question 4 As a vector database, Milvus is commonly

Correct
used in a generative artificial intelligence
(AI) use case where responses to user
1.00 points out
prompts are generated based on the most
of 1.00
relevant information found in a corpus of
reference material. What is this use case
called?

Select one:

Retrieval-augmented  Correct!
generation (RAG)

Query-utilized acceleration of
knowledge (QUAK)

Generated response systems (GRS)

Fetch additive queries (FAQ)

Your answer is correct.

The correct answer is:
Retrieval-augmented generation (RAG)
Question 5 Which one of the following statements is
Correct true regarding the introduction of a
watsonx.data lakehouse into an
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organization's existing data ecosystem?
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The data lakehouse can be used to

cleanse and transform data before
being loaded into legacy Hadoop-based
data lakes.

Data can be tiered across different data

stores, with 'cold' data in the data
warehouse, 'warm' data in the data
lakehouse, and 'hot' data in the data
lake.

The data lakehouse can  Correct!

be used to optimize and
augment an existing data
warehouse and data
lake.

Any existing data warehouse and data

lake can be decommissioned, as the
data lakehouse can take over all of their
workloads.

Your answer is correct.

The correct answer is:
The data lakehouse can be used to optimize
and augment an existing data warehouse
and data lake.
Question 6 What are the high-level components of
Correct watsonx.data?

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Single query engine, shared metadata
store, and open data formats on object
storage

Multiple query engines,  Correct!

shared metadata store,
and open data formats
on object storage

Multiple query engines, built-in

governance catalog, and proprietary
data formats on an optimized storage
appliance

Single query engine, built-in governance

catalog, and proprietary data formats
on an optimized storage appliance

Your answer is correct.

The correct answer is:
Multiple query engines, shared metadata
store, and open data formats on object
storage

Question 7 What module provides the ability to query

Correct
structured data from within a Spark
program?
1.00 points out
of 1.00 Select one:

SQLspark

QueryS

Spark Query

Spark SQL  Correct!

Your answer is correct.

The correct answer is:
Spark SQL
Question 8 What product can be integrated with
Correct watsonx.data to provide policy and rules-
based governance?
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of 1.00 Select one:
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IBM Knowledge Catalog  Correct!

IBM Change Data Capture

IBM DataStage

IBM Turbonomic

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The correct answer is:
IBM Knowledge Catalog

Question 9 What types of data can be stored in a data

Correct
lake?

1.00 points out Select one:

of 1.00

Structured data only

Semi-structured and structured data

only

Structured, semi-  Correct!

structured, and
unstructured data

Unstructured data only

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The correct answer is:
Structured, semi-structured, and
unstructured data
Question 10 What type of storage is associated with data
Correct lakehouses like watsonx.data?

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Object storage  Correct!

Block storage

Page storage

File storage

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The correct answer is:
Object storage

Question 11 Which one of the following is NOT a use case

Correct
for watsonx.data?

1.00 points out Select one:

of 1.00

High-concurrency online  Correct!

transaction processing
(OLTP)

Datastore for Generative AI

Data warehouse optimization

Data lake modernization

Your answer is correct.

The correct answer is:
High-concurrency online transaction
processing (OLTP)
Question 12 Watsonx.data leverages multiple query
Correct engines, providing a "fit-for-purpose"
approach to workloads. What are the query
1.00 points out
engines native to watsonx.data?
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Presto and Spark  Correct!

Derby and CouchDB

Spark and Derby

CouchDB and Presto

Your answer is correct.

The correct answer is:
Presto and Spark

Question 13 What is Iceberg?

Correct
Select one:
1.00 points out
of 1.00 A metadata catalog originally created
for Hadoop-based data lakes.

An open-source query engine that

supports various data sources,
including object storage.

An open table format  Correct!

designed for managing
and processing very large
datasets.

An open data file format that specifies

how data is physically stored on disk.

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The correct answer is:
An open table format designed for managing
and processing very large datasets.
Question 14 Watsonx.data leverages open-source
Correct components infused and integrated with
IBM innovation. What are just a few
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examples of these open-source
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components? Back Next

Select one:

Parquet, Sqoop, ORC, and FreeMarker

Spark, Derby, Presto, and Jolt

Flex, Iceberg, Pivot, and Hive

Presto, Parquet, Avro,  Correct!

and Milvus

Your answer is correct.

The correct answer is:
Presto, Parquet, Avro, and Milvus

Question 15 Which one of the following areas of the

Correct
watsonx.data user interface would you use
to build and run SQL statements?
1.00 points out
of 1.00 Select one:

Data manager

SQL desktop

Query workspace  Correct!

Infrastructure manager

Your answer is correct.

The correct answer is:
Query workspace
Question 16 What, if any, is the relationship of catalogs to
Incorrect buckets in watsonx.data?

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There is a one-to-one mapping of
catalogs to buckets.

They are independent components and

have no relationship.

Multiple  Incorrect. For more

buckets information, please
can reside refer to the "Tour of
within a the watsonx.data user
single interface" section.
catalog.

A bucket can be referenced by multiple

catalogs.

Your answer is incorrect.

The correct answer is:
There is a one-to-one mapping of catalogs
to buckets.

Question 17 On which public cloud vendors

Correct
(hyperscalars) is watsonx.data software-as-
a-service (SaaS) available?
1.00 points out
of 1.00 Select one:

IBM Cloud, Google Cloud Platform, and

Microsoft Azure

Microsoft Azure, IBM Cloud, and IBM

Cloud

IBM Cloud and Amazon  Correct!

Web Services

Google Cloud Platform and IBM Cloud

Your answer is correct.

The correct answer is:
IBM Cloud and Amazon Web Services
Question 18 What term is used to refer to a data lake that
Correct lacks data quality and data governance
practices where users become wary of the
1.00 points out
quality, lineage, and correctness of the data?
of 1.00
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Data swamp  Correct!

Data bog

Data dump

Data marsh

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The correct answer is:
Data swamp

Question 19 What are the deployment option(s) available

Correct
for watsonx.data?

1.00 points out Select one:

of 1.00

In the cloud only, as a managed

software-as-a-service offering

In the cloud only, with self-managed

containerized software

On-premises only with installable

software

On-premises and in the  Correct!

cloud, with managed and
self-managed offerings

Your answer is correct.

The correct answer is:
On-premises and in the cloud, with managed
and self-managed offerings
Question 20 What are some of the components that can
Incorrect be added and managed on the
Infrastructure Manager page of the
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watsonx.data user interface?
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Select one:

Engines  Incorrect. For more

and information, please refer
clusters to the "Tour of the
watsonx.data user
interface" section.

Servers and user groups

Buckets and databases

Workflows and catalogs

Your answer is incorrect.

The correct answer is:
Buckets and databases

Question 21 Which one of the following is a characteristic

Correct
of a data warehouse?

1.00 points out Select one:

of 1.00

Uses low-cost object storage as its

primary storage type

Built to store structured  Correct!

data

Very low effort involved in bringing data

into the data warehouse

Only supported on cloud-based

infrastructure

Your answer is correct.

The correct answer is:
Built to store structured data
Question 22 Which one of the following is NOT a
Incorrect component of the IBM watsonx AI and data
platform?
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of 1.00 Select one:
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IBM watsonx.data

IBM watsonx.ml

IBM watsonx.governance

IBM  Incorrect. For more

watsonx.ai information, please
refer to the "IBM
watsonx.data"
section.

Your answer is incorrect.

The correct answer is:
IBM watsonx.ml

Question 23 Which one of the following data file formats

Correct
uses a columnar storage model?

1.00 points out Select one:

of 1.00

CSV

Parquet  Correct!

JSON

Avro

Your answer is correct.

The correct answer is:
Parquet
Question 24 Which one of the following sets of data
Correct source connectors is supported by Presto?
(Note that this is not an exclusive list of what
1.00 points out
is supported.)
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Select one:

CouchDB, SQL Server, Db2, and

CometDB

MongoDB, CrunchStore, MaxDB, and

Informix

Kafka, Dbase, StageDB, and SingleStore

Snowflake, Netezza,  Correct!

PostgreSQL, and
Teradata

Your answer is correct.

The correct answer is:
Snowflake, Netezza, PostgreSQL, and
Teradata

Question 25 What is the free, entry-level version of

Incorrect
watsonx.data called?

0.00 points out Select one:

of 1.00

Developer Edition

Try-and-Buy Edition

Community  Incorrect. For more

Edition information, please
refer to the "Getting
started with
watsonx.data"
section.

Trial Edition

Your answer is incorrect.

The correct answer is:
Developer Edition