Metadata & Master Data Management Flashcards

Which approach does passive metadata harvesting use?

Answer: Automatically scanning systems to extract metadata without interrupting operations

Passive (or automated) metadata harvesting connects to source systems and extracts structural and statistical metadata without manual effort.

A data steward wants to prevent unauthorized changes to a critical master data attribute. Which governance control is MOST appropriate?

Answer: Implementing a change approval workflow with steward sign-off

Change approval workflows enforce that any modification to critical master data attributes is reviewed and authorized before being applied.

What distinguishes master data from transactional data?

Answer: Master data describes core business entities while transactional data records business events

Master data (customers, products, locations) describes the core entities of a business, whereas transactional data (orders, invoices) records discrete business events referencing those entities.

Which scenario most clearly demonstrates metadata-driven data governance?

Answer: Access control policies are automatically enforced based on dataset sensitivity classification tags in the metadata

Metadata-driven governance uses classification and other metadata attributes to automatically trigger and enforce policies without manual intervention.

In MDM, 'party data' most commonly refers to which master data domain?

Answer: Entities such as customers, suppliers, employees, and partners

Party data is the MDM domain covering all types of organizational and individual entities that a business interacts with, including customers, vendors, and employees.

When building a business glossary, which practice BEST ensures long-term adoption across departments?

Answer: Engaging business stakeholders to co-author definitions with formal SME review and approval

Co-authorship with subject matter experts and formal approval cycles ensures definitions reflect actual business usage and earn trust across departments.

Which element of a metadata record helps data consumers understand how current or fresh a dataset is?

Answer: Last updated timestamp and refresh frequency

The last updated timestamp combined with the documented refresh frequency allows consumers to assess data currency and fitness for time-sensitive use cases.