DatabricksCertified Data Engineer Associate
Domain 7Objective 1
Differentiate Between Managed and External Tables in Unity Catalog and Perform Basic Operations (create, Modify, Delete, and Convert Between Managed and External Tables) on Them. DATA-ENGINEER-ASSOCIATE Practice Questions (Page 2)
Part of the Governance and Security domain, which accounts for 15% of the DATA-ENGINEER-ASSOCIATE exam. Databricks does not publish an official question count, but from its 90-minute exam (~35–60 total, ~5–9 in this domain), expect 1–2 from this objective — we provide 8 practice questions to prepare you well beyond it. (estimate)
8questions here
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5concepts
15%of the exam
Questions 6–8
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A data engineer needs to drop a table but is unsure whether it is managed or external. They want to ensure that the data files are not deleted. What should they do first?
Select an answer first - 7
A data engineer is creating a table in Unity Catalog and needs to ensure that the data files are managed by Databricks, not by the user. Which table type should they create?
Select an answer first - 8
A data engineer needs to create a table in Unity Catalog that will be used for a one-time data load. The data will be deleted after processing, and the engineer wants to ensure that dropping the table also deletes the data files. Which table type should they create?
Select an answer first
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