DP-203 Azure Data Engineer Associate Data Integration and Pipelines Flashcards
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Which Azure Data Factory component is used to define the sequence of activities to perform a data transformation task?
Answer: Pipeline
A Pipeline in Azure Data Factory is a logical grouping of activities that defines the sequence and dependencies for performing a data transformation task.
In Azure Data Factory, what is a Linked Service used for?
Answer: Storing connection information to external resources
A Linked Service in ADF stores the connection string and configuration details needed to connect to external data sources and compute environments.
Which ADF activity type is used to copy data from one data store to another?
Answer: Copy Data
The Copy Data activity in Azure Data Factory is the primary activity used to move data between supported source and sink data stores.
What is the purpose of an Integration Runtime (IR) in Azure Data Factory?
Answer: To provide compute infrastructure for data movement and transformation
The Integration Runtime provides the compute infrastructure used by ADF to perform data movement, activity dispatch, and SSIS package execution.
In Azure Synapse Analytics, which feature allows you to orchestrate pipelines similarly to Azure Data Factory?
Answer: Synapse Pipelines
Synapse Pipelines is the built-in orchestration capability within Azure Synapse Analytics that provides the same pipeline authoring experience as Azure Data Factory.
Which trigger type in Azure Data Factory runs a pipeline on a wall-clock schedule (e.g., every hour)?
Answer: Schedule Trigger
The Schedule Trigger fires pipeline runs at a defined wall-clock time interval, such as daily at midnight or every hour.
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