Databricks Certified Data Engineer Associate Exam - Topic 4 Question 68 Discussion

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Question #: 68
Topic #: 4

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A data engineer is writing a script that is meant to ingest new data from cloud storage. In the event of the Schema change, the ingestion should fail. It should fail until the changes downstream source can be found and verified as intended changes.

Which command will meet the requirements?

AaddNewColumns

BfailOnNewColumns

Crescue

Dnone

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Suggested Answer: B

by Ellsworth at Jul 22, 2026, 12:55 AM

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Thurman

4 days ago

Seems a bit strict to fail on schema changes, right?

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Oliva

10 days ago

I thought D) none could work too, but I guess not.

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Lyndia

15 days ago

Wait, are we sure it won't just skip the new columns?

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Deandrea

20 days ago

I agree, that makes the most sense.

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Jerry

25 days ago

B) failOnNewColumns is the right choice!

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Beula

1 month ago

I’m leaning towards "failOnNewColumns" too, but I wonder if "none" could be a trick option since it implies no action is taken.

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Antonette

1 month ago

I’m a bit confused; I feel like "addNewColumns" might also be relevant, but it doesn’t seem to align with the requirement to fail.

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Louann

1 month ago

I remember practicing a similar question where we had to handle schema changes, and I think "failOnNewColumns" sounds right for this scenario.

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Brent

2 months ago

I think the command should be something that explicitly fails on schema changes, but I’m not entirely sure which one it is.

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