Google Cloud Digital Leader Exam - Topic 2 Question 37 Discussion

Actual exam question for Google's Cloud Digital Leader exam

Question #: 37
Topic #: 2

An organization needs to store structured, semi-structured, and unstructured data in its raw, native format in the same repository.

Which cloud data management solution should the organization use?

AData field

BData lake

CDatabase

DData warehouse

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Suggested Answer: B

A data lake can store all types of data with no fixed limitation on account size or file and with no specific purpose defined yet. The data comes from disparate sources and can be structured, semi-structured, or even unstructured. Data-lake data can be queried as needed.

https://cloud.google.com/learn/what-is-a-data-lake

A data lake is a centralized repository designed to store, process, and secure large amounts of structured, semistructured, and unstructured data. It can store data in its native format and process any variety of it, ignoring size limits.

by Alease at Mar 31, 2023, 04:46 AM

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Graham

4 months ago

Agreed, data lakes are the way to go for raw data storage!

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Brendan

4 months ago

Wait, can a data lake really handle all that? Sounds too good to be true!

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Jerry

4 months ago

Data warehouse? No way, that’s for structured data only.

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Sanda

4 months ago

I think a database would work too, but not as flexible.

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Jackie

4 months ago

Definitely a data lake for mixed data types!

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Lorean

5 months ago

Data warehouse seems like it could work, but I recall that it's more for processed data, so I’m leaning towards data lake as well.

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Jose

5 months ago

I'm a bit confused because I thought databases could also store different data types, but I guess they need to be more structured?

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Ronald

5 months ago

I remember practicing a question like this, and I think a data lake is definitely the right choice for storing structured and unstructured data together.

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Fernanda

5 months ago

I think the answer might be data lake since it can handle all types of data in their raw format, but I'm not entirely sure.

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Twila

5 months ago

Okay, let's see. I need to add up all the costs to get the expected total. This looks straightforward, just need to be careful with the calculations.

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Chau

5 months ago

Hmm, I'm a little unsure about this one. The options seem to be describing different sampling methods, but I'm not totally clear on the differences between them. I'll have to think this through carefully and try to remember the key characteristics of each one.

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Shelia

5 months ago

Hmm, I'm not too sure about this one. I'll need to review the TOGAF responsibilities again to make sure I understand them.

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Ruth

5 months ago

Definitely use stored procedures. That's the most secure way to handle user input and avoid SQL injection vulnerabilities.

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Olive

5 months ago

XSS is a classic web security vulnerability. The question covers the main ways attackers can exploit it, so I'm going to go with True. Gotta stay on top of these common attack vectors.

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