CDS Metadata & Master Data Management 5

Question 1

Which approach does passive metadata harvesting use?

Accepted Answer

Automatically scanning systems to extract metadata without interrupting operations

Answer

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

Question 2

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

Accepted Answer

Implementing a change approval workflow with steward sign-off

Answer

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

Question 3

What distinguishes master data from transactional data?

Accepted Answer

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

Answer

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

Question 4

Which scenario most clearly demonstrates metadata-driven data governance?

Accepted Answer

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

Answer

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

Question 5

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

Accepted Answer

Entities such as customers, suppliers, employees, and partners

Answer

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

(CDS) Certified Data Steward Practice Test

(CDS) Certified Data Steward Practice Test

CDS Metadata & Master Data Management 5