Documentation & Best Practices Flashcards
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What is a 'critical data element' (CDE) in documentation and governance practice?
Answer: A data element with significant impact on business decisions, regulatory reporting, or operations that warrants heightened governance
CDEs are prioritized for thorough documentation, quality controls, and stewardship due to their business impact.
Which principle from BCBS 239 most directly relates to documenting risk data aggregation processes?
Answer: Data should be aggregated largely automatically and processes documented to ensure accuracy and integrity
BCBS 239 expects accurate, documented, and largely automated risk data aggregation with clear controls.
What should a model card for a machine learning model typically include?
Answer: Intended use, performance metrics across groups, training data summary, and known limitations
Model cards document purpose, evaluation, and limitations to support responsible and transparent AI use.
A source system team plans to rename a column used by 40 downstream reports. Which documentation enables reliable impact analysis?
Answer: Column-level lineage in the metadata repository
Column-level lineage reveals every downstream asset affected by a schema change.
Which approach to documentation best supports self-service analytics adoption?
Answer: Documentation written in business-friendly language, embedded where users work, and searchable
Accessible, searchable, plain-language documentation at the point of use empowers self-service users.
What distinguishes a data standard from a data policy?
Answer: A policy states high-level intent and requirements, while a standard defines specific, measurable rules to comply with it
Policies set the 'what and why,' while standards specify the concrete rules or formats that implement them.
Which is considered a best practice when documenting master data management (MDM) match-and-merge rules?
Answer: Document matching criteria, survivorship rules, thresholds, and the steward responsible for exceptions
Documented match, survivorship, and exception-handling rules make golden records explainable and auditable.
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