Workday Prism Analytics Exam - Topic 1 Question 16 Discussion

Actual exam question for Workday's Workday Prism Analytics exam

Question #: 16
Topic #: 1

[Data Prep and Transformation]

You apply an Explode stage to your derived dataset that contains information on your worker benefit elections. What happens in the resulting stage?

AThe number of columns stays the same and the original multi-instance field doesn't get dropped.

BThe number of columns exponentially increases and the original multi-instance field gets dropped.

CThe number of rows stays the same and the original multi-instance field does not get dropped.

DThe number of rows exponentially increases and the original multi-instance field gets dropped.

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by Caitlin at Apr 13, 2026, 12:00 AM

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2 days ago

I remember practicing a similar question, and I think the original multi-instance field does get dropped, which makes me lean towards option D.

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7 days ago

I think when you apply an Explode stage, it increases the number of rows, but I'm not sure if it drops the original field.

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