Perguntas Exame
11 de setembro de 2025 16:06
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A data engineer has configured a Structured Streaming job to read from a table, manipulate the data, and then perform a streaming write into a new table.
The cade block used by the data engineer is below:
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If the data engineer only wants the query to execute a micro-batch to process data every 5 seconds, which of the following lines of code should the data engineer
use to fill in the blank?
A. trigger("5 seconds")
B. trigger()
C. trigger(once="5 seconds")
D. trigger(processingTime="5 seconds")
E. trigger(continuous="5 seconds")
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A dataset has been defined using Delta Live Tables and includes an expectations clause:
CONSTRAINT valid_timestamp EXPECT (timestamp > '2020-01-01') ON VIOLATION DROP ROW
What is the expected behavior when a batch of data containing data that violates these constraints is processed?
A. Records that violate the expectation are dropped from the target dataset and loaded into a quarantine table.
B. Records that violate the expectation are added to the target dataset and flagged as invalid in a field added to the target dataset.
C. Records that violate the expectation are dropped from the target dataset and recorded as invalid in the event log.
D. Records that violate the expectation are added to the target dataset and recorded as invalid in the event log.
E. Records that violate the expectation cause the job to fail.
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Which of the following describes when to use the CREATE STREAMING LIVE TABLE (formerly CREATE INCREMENTAL LIVE TABLE) syntax over the CREATE LIVE TABLE
syntax when creating Delta Live Tables (DLT) tables using SQL?
A. CREATE STREAMING LIVE TABLE should be used when the subsequent step in the DLT pipeline is static.
B. CREATE STREAMING LIVE TABLE should be used when data needs to be processed incrementally.
C. CREATE STREAMING LIVE TABLE is redundant for DLT and it does not need to be used.
D. CREATE STREAMING LIVE TABLE should be used when data needs to be processed through complicated aggregations.
E. CREATE STREAMING LIVE TABLE should be used when the previous step in the DLT pipeline is static.
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A data engineer is designing a data pipeline. The source system generates files in a shared directory that is also used by other processes. As a result, the files should
be kept as is and will accumulate in the directory. The data engineer needs to identify which files are new since the previous run in the pipeline, and set up the
pipeline to only ingest those new files with each run.
Which of the following tools can the data engineer use to solve this problem?
A. Unity Catalog
B. Delta Lake
C. Databricks SQL
D. Data Explorer
E. Auto Loader
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Which of the following Structured Streaming queries is performing a hop from a Silver table to a Gold table?
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A data engineer has three tables in a Delta Live Tables (DLT) pipeline. They have configured the pipeline to drop invalid records at each table. They notice that some
data is being dropped due to quality concerns at some point in the DLT pipeline. They would like to determine at which table in their pipeline the data is being
dropped.
Which of the following approaches can the data engineer take to identify the table that is dropping the records?
A. They can set up separate expectations for each table when developing their DLT pipeline.
B. They cannot determine which table is dropping the records.
C. They can set up DLT to notify them via email when records are dropped.
D. They can navigate to the DLT pipeline page, click on each table, and view the data quality statistics.
E. They can navigate to the DLT pipeline page, click on the “Error” button, and review the present errors.
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A data engineer has a single-task Job that runs each morning before they begin working. After identifying an upstream data issue, they need to set up another task
to run a new notebook prior to the original task.
Which of the following approaches can the data engineer use to set up the new task?
A. They can clone the existing task in the existing Job and update it to run the new notebook.
B. They can create a new task in the existing Job and then add it as a dependency of the original task.
C. They can create a new task in the existing Job and then add the original task as a dependency of the new task.
D. They can create a new job from scratch and add both tasks to run concurrently.
E. They can clone the existing task to a new Job and then edit it to run the new notebook.
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An engineering manager wants to monitor the performance of a recent project using a Databricks SQL query. For the first week following the project’s release, the
manager wants the query results to be updated every minute. However, the manager is concerned that the compute resources usedfor the query will be left
running and cost the organization a lot of money beyond the first week of the project’s release.
Which of the following approaches can the engineering team use to ensure the query does not cost the organization any money beyond the first week of the
project’s release?
A. They can set a limit to the number of DBUs that are consumed by the SQL Endpoint.
B. They can set the query’s refresh schedule to end after a certain number of refreshes.
C. They cannot ensure the query does not cost the organization money beyond the first week of the project’s release.
D. They can set a limit to the number of individuals that are able to manage the query’s refresh schedule.
E. They can set the query’s refresh schedule to end on a certain date in the query scheduler.
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A data analysis team has noticed that their Databricks SQL queries are running too slowly when connected to their always-on SQL endpoint. They claim that this
issue is present when many members of the team are running small queries simultaneously. They ask the data engineering team for help. The data engineering
team notices that each of the team’s queries uses the same SQL endpoint.
Which of the following approaches can the data engineering team use to improve the latency of the team’s queries?
A. They can increase the cluster size of the SQL endpoint.
B. They can increase the maximum bound of the SQL endpoint’s scaling range.
C. They can turn on the Auto Stop feature for the SQL endpoint.
D. They can turn on the Serverless feature for the SQL endpoint.
E. They can turn on the Serverless feature for the SQL endpoint and change the Spot Instance Policy to “Reliability Optimized.”
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A data engineer wants to schedule their Databricks SQL dashboard to refresh once per day, but they only want the associated SQL endpoint to be running when it is
necessary.
Which of the following approaches can the data engineer use to minimize the total running time of the SQL endpoint used in the refresh schedule of their
dashboard?
A. They can ensure the dashboard’s SQL endpoint matches each of the queries’ SQL endpoints.
B. They can set up the dashboard’s SQL endpoint to be serverless.
C. They can turn on the Auto Stop feature for the SQL endpoint.
D. They can reduce the cluster size of the SQL endpoint.
E. They can ensure the dashboard’s SQL endpoint is not one of the included query’s SQL endpoint.
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A data engineer has been using a Databricks SQL dashboard to monitor the cleanliness of the input data to an ELT job. The ELT job has its Databricks SQL query that
returns the number of input records containing unexpected NULL values. The data engineer wants their entire team to be notified via a messaging webhook
whenever this value reaches 100.
Which of the following approaches can the data engineer use to notify their entire team via a messaging webhook whenever the number of NULL values reaches
100?
A. They can set up an Alert with a custom template.
B. They can set up an Alert with a new email alert destination.
C. They can set up an Alert with a new webhook alert destination.
D. They can set up an Alert with one-time notifications.
E. They can set up an Alert without notifications.
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A single Job runs two notebooks as two separate tasks. A data engineer has noticed that one of the notebooks is running slowly in the Job’s current run. The data
engineer asks a tech lead for help in identifying why this might be the case.
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engineer asks a tech lead for help in identifying why this might be the case.
Which of the following approaches can the tech lead use to identify why the notebook is running slowly as part of the Job?
A. They can navigate to the Runs tab in the Jobs UI to immediately review the processing notebook.
B. They can navigate to the Tasks tab in the Jobs UI and click on the active run to review the processing notebook.
C. They can navigate to the Runs tab in the Jobs UI and click on the active run to review the processing notebook.
D. There is no way to determine why a Job task is running slowly.
E. They can navigate to the Tasks tab in the Jobs UI to immediately review the processing notebook.
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A data engineer has a Job with multiple tasks that runs nightly. Each of the tasks runs slowly because the clusters take a long time to start.
Which of the following actions can the data engineer perform to improve the start up time for the clusters used for the Job?
A. They can use endpoints available in Databricks SQL
B. They can use jobs clusters instead of all-purpose clusters
C. They can configure the clusters to be single-node
D. They can use clusters that are from a cluster pool
E. They can configure the clusters to autoscale for larger data sizes
14
A new data engineering team has been assigned to an ELT project. The new data engineering team will need full privileges on the database customers to fully
manage the project.
Which of the following commands can be used to grant full permissions on the database to the new data engineering team?
A. GRANT USAGE ON DATABASE customers TO team;
B. GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON DATABASE team TO customers;
C. GRANT SELECT PRIVILEGES ON DATABASE customers TO teams;
D. GRANT SELECT CREATE MODIFY USAGE PRIVILEGES ON DATABASE customers TO team;
E. GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON DATABASE customers TO team;
15
A new data engineering team has been assigned to work on a project. The team will need access to database customers in order to see what tables already exist.
The team has its own group team.
Which of the following commands can be used to grant the necessary permission on the entire database to the new team?
A. GRANT VIEW ON CATALOG customers TO team;
B. GRANT CREATE ON DATABASE customers TO team;
C. GRANT USAGE ON CATALOG team TO customers;
D. GRANT CREATE ON DATABASE team TO customers;
E. GRANT USAGE ON DATABASE customers TO team;
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A data organization leader is upset about the data analysis team’s reports being different from the data engineering team’s reports. The leader believes the siloed
nature of their organization’s data engineering and data analysis architectures is to blame.
Which of the following describes how a data lakehouse could alleviate this issue?
A. Both teams would autoscale their work as data size evolves
B. Both teams would use the same source of truth for their work
C. Both teams would reorganize to report to the same department
D. Both teams would be able to collaborate on projects in real-time
E. Both teams would respond more quickly to ad-hoc requests
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Which of the following describes a scenario in which a data team will want to utilize cluster pools?
A. An automated report needs to be refreshed as quickly as possible.
B. An automated report needs to be made reproducible.
C. An automated report needs to be tested to identify errors.
D. An automated report needs to be version-controlled across multiple collaborators.
E. An automated report needs to be runnable by all stakeholders.
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Which of the following is hosted completely in the control plane of the classic Databricks architecture?
A. Worker node
B. JDBC data source
C. Databricks web application
D. Databricks Filesystem
E. Driver node
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Which of the following benefits of using the Databricks Lakehouse Platform is provided by Delta Lake?
A. The ability to manipulate the same data using a variety of languages
B. The ability to collaborate in real time on a single notebook
C. The ability to set up alerts for query failures
D. The ability to support batch and streaming workloads
E. The ability to distribute complex data operations
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E. The ability to distribute complex data operations
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Which of the following describes the storage organization of a Delta table?
A. Delta tables are stored in a single file that contains data, history, metadata, and other attributes.
B. Delta tables store their data in a single file and all metadata in a collection of files in a separate location.
C. Delta tables are stored in a collection of files that contain data, history, metadata, and other attributes.
D. Delta tables are stored in a collection of files that contain only the data stored within the table.
E. Delta tables are stored in a single file that contains only the data stored within the table.
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Which of the following benefits is provided by the array functions from Spark SQL?
A. An ability to work with data in a variety of types at once
B. An ability to work with data within certain partitions and windows
C. An ability to work with time-related data in specified intervals
D. An ability to work with complex, nested data ingested from JSON files
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Which of the following is hosted completely in the control plane of the classic Databricks architecture?
A. Worker node
B. JDBC data source
C. Databricks web application
D. Databricks Filesystem
E. Driver node
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Which of the following benefits of using the Databricks Lakehouse Platform is provided by Delta Lake?
A. The ability to manipulate the same data using a variety of languages
B. The ability to collaborate in real time on a single notebook
C. The ability to set up alerts for query failures
D. The ability to support batch and streaming workloads
E. The ability to distribute complex data operations
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Which of the following describes the storage organization of a Delta table?
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Which of the following describes the storage organization of a Delta table?
A. Delta tables are stored in a single file that contains data, history, metadata, and other attributes.
B. Delta tables store their data in a single file and all metadata in a collection of files in a separate location.
C. Delta tables are stored in a collection of files that contain data, history, metadata, and other attributes.
D. Delta tables are stored in a collection of files that contain only the data stored within the table.
E. Delta tables are stored in a single file that contains only the data stored within the table.
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Which of the following code blocks will remove the rows where the value in column age is greater than 25 from the existing Delta table my_table and save the
updated table?
A. SELECT * FROM my_table WHERE age > 25;
B. UPDATE my_table WHERE age > 25;
C. DELETE FROM my_table WHERE age > 25;
D. UPDATE my_table WHERE age <= 25;
E. DELETE FROM my_table WHERE age <= 25;
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Which tool is used by Auto Loader to process data incrementally?
A. Checkpointing
B. Spark Structured Streaming
C. Databricks SQL
D. Unity Catalog
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Which of the following commands will return the number of null values in the member_id column?
A. SELECT count(member_id) FROM my_table;
B. SELECT count(member_id) - count_null(member_id) FROM my_table;
C. SELECT count_if(member_id IS NULL) FROM my_table;
D. SELECT null(member_id) FROM my_table;
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Which of the following data lakehouse features results in improved data quality over a traditional data lake?
A. A data lakehouse provides storage solutions for structured and unstructured data.
B. A data lakehouse supports ACID-compliant transactions.
C. A data lakehouse allows the use of SQL queries to examine data.
D. A data lakehouse stores data in open formats.
E. A data lakehouse enables machine learning and artificial Intelligence workloads.
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A data engineer wants to create a relational object by pulling data from two tables. The relational object does not need to be used by other data engineers in other
sessions. In order to save on storage costs, the data engineer wants to avoid copying and storing physical data.
Which of the following relational objects should the data engineer create?
A. Spark SQL Table
B. View
C. Delta Table
D. Temporary view
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