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Databricks Certified Data Engineer Professional Exam - Topic 1 Question 6 Discussion

Actual exam question for Databricks's Databricks Certified Data Engineer Professional exam
Question #: 6
Topic #: 1
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The view updates represents an incremental batch of all newly ingested data to be inserted or updated in the customers table.

The following logic is used to process these records.

MERGE INTO customers

USING (

SELECT updates.customer_id as merge_ey, updates .*

FROM updates

UNION ALL

SELECT NULL as merge_key, updates .*

FROM updates JOIN customers

ON updates.customer_id = customers.customer_id

WHERE customers.current = true AND updates.address <> customers.address

) staged_updates

ON customers.customer_id = mergekey

WHEN MATCHED AND customers. current = true AND customers.address <> staged_updates.address THEN

UPDATE SET current = false, end_date = staged_updates.effective_date

WHEN NOT MATCHED THEN

INSERT (customer_id, address, current, effective_date, end_date)

VALUES (staged_updates.customer_id, staged_updates.address, true, staged_updates.effective_date, null)

Which statement describes this implementation?

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Alishia
3 months ago
I thought Type 1 was for overwriting, not this.
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Anjelica
3 months ago
Definitely Type 2, new records are added while keeping history.
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Dalene
3 months ago
Wait, how can it be Type 0? That doesn't make sense!
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Janessa
4 months ago
Totally agree, old values are marked as not current.
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Ozell
4 months ago
Looks like a Type 2 implementation to me.
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Truman
4 months ago
I feel like the answer has to be C since it mentions maintaining old values, but I need to double-check the definitions to be sure.
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Carlota
4 months ago
I'm a bit confused about the definitions of Type 1 and Type 2. I thought Type 1 just overwrites, but this seems to keep some history.
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Rhea
4 months ago
I remember practicing a question similar to this, and I think the key is that it maintains history by marking old records as not current.
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Glendora
5 months ago
I think this is about Type 2 tables, but I'm not entirely sure if the old values are really being marked as current or just overwritten.
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Deeann
5 months ago
I'm pretty confident this is a Type 2 implementation. The combination of updating existing records and inserting new ones, while maintaining history, is a classic Type 2 pattern.
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Zona
5 months ago
Based on the description, it sounds like this is implementing a Type 2 slowly changing dimension. The logic of marking existing records as no longer current and inserting new records makes sense for that use case.
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Pearline
5 months ago
I'm a bit confused by the UNION ALL and the join condition. I'll need to think through how those pieces fit together to determine the table implementation.
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Carri
5 months ago
Okay, the key seems to be the MERGE INTO statement. I think this is updating existing customer records and inserting new ones based on the data in the updates table.
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Ettie
5 months ago
Hmm, this looks like a complex SQL statement. I'll need to carefully read through the logic to understand how the customers table is being updated.
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Brandon
5 months ago
I think I've got it! The correct query syntax is option A: "status=='Pending' && category!='job' && severity=='High' && owner=='None' && type=='Phishing' && emailsubject=='You have won a million dollars'".
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Youlanda
5 months ago
Okay, I've got this. The question is asking for the capability that lists running processes on a host or endpoint. That's clearly option C - Get Running Processes. Easy peasy!
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Zoila
5 months ago
I know OFAC deals with sanctions and international economic control. Option A captures that broader national security angle perfectly. Easy choice.
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Catherin
2 years ago
I would go with option A. It makes sense to me that old values would be overwritten by the new ones.
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Sueann
2 years ago
I see what you mean. In Type 2 tables, old values are kept for historical reference while new values are added.
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Catarina
2 years ago
I think the correct answer is C. The implementation described follows typical Type 2 table behavior.
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Sueann
2 years ago
I feel like this question is testing our understanding of how data updates are handled in a database.
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Georgeanna
2 years ago
That's a good point, Carma. The logic does seem to support Type 2 implementation.
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Kallie
2 years ago
But in the logic given, it mentions that old values are maintained but marked as no longer current, which aligns with Type 2.
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Carma
2 years ago
I'm not so sure, I think it might be B instead.
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Georgeanna
2 years ago
I agree with Kallie, it seems like the customers table is implemented as a Type 2 table.
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Kallie
2 years ago
I think the answer is C.
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