Understand How Industry-Standard Models Align with the Medallion Architecture. DATA-ANALYST-ASSOCIATE Practice Questions (Page 1)

Questions 1–5

1. 1foundation · easy

   Which layer of the Medallion Architecture is designed to provide business-ready, aggregated data for reporting and dashboards?

   • ABronze layer
   • BRaw layer
   • CGold layer
   • DSilver layer
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2. 2foundation · easy

   What is the primary purpose of the silver layer in the Medallion Architecture?

   • ATo provide business-level aggregates for reporting
   • BTo clean, conform, and integrate data from multiple sources
   • CTo store raw data exactly as ingested
   • DTo archive data for long-term storage
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4. 3application · medium

   A retail company is adopting the Medallion Architecture. They currently use a staging area in their legacy data warehouse to land raw extracts from their point-of-sale (POS) system before any transformation. In the new architecture, which layer should the data engineering team use to replicate the purpose of this staging area?

   • AA separate staging layer, because the Medallion Architecture does not include a staging area
   • BGold layer, because it is the final destination for all data
   • CBronze layer, because it stores raw, unprocessed data as it arrives from source systems
   • DSilver layer, because it is the first layer where data is stored
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5. 4application · medium

   A data architect is explaining the Medallion Architecture to a new team member. They are comparing it to the Inmon data warehouse model. In Inmon's model, data is normalized in a central enterprise data warehouse (EDW) before being distributed to departmental data marts. Which mapping to the Medallion Architecture is most accurate?

   • AThe Medallion Architecture does not map to the Inmon model
   • BThe bronze layer maps to the data marts, and the gold layer maps to the EDW
   • CThe silver layer maps to the EDW, and the gold layer maps to the data marts
   • DThe bronze layer maps to the EDW, and the gold layer maps to the data marts
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6. 5foundation · easy

   Which type of dataset is typically found in the gold layer of the Medallion Architecture?

   • ARaw, unprocessed logs
   • BSource system extracts
   • CCleaned and conformed tables
   • DBusiness-level aggregates and curated datasets
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