FREE Teradata for Beginner Questions and Answers

Question 1

What is the definition of an OLTP environment?

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Transactions typically occur within seconds, not minutes

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Transactions are write intensive

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The number of rows transaction is large

Question 2

What is the correct definition of a main index operation?

Accepted Answer

If distribution is skewed an all-AMP operation will take longer than if all AMP were evenly utilized

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When choosing a primary index you should pick a column with a severely limited value set

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The degree of uniqueness is not critical to efficiency

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Selecting a NUPI for storing data provides for maximum efficiency and makes the best use of the parallel features of Teradata

Question 3

Data is hashed across all AMPs in Teradata systems that use two cliques.

Accepted Answer

System

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Disk Array

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Cluster

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Clique

Question 4

A user with no permanent space has been defined by a database administrator. What items are present in this user?

Accepted Answer

Views

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Tables

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Triggers

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Macros

Question 5

Which of the following is true regarding temporary space?

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Temporary space is permanent space currently not used

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Temporary space is subtracted from SysAdmin

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Temporary space is assigned at the table level

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Temporary space is spool space currently not used

Question 6

You create user A with 30 GB of permanent space on a Teradata system that has 100 GB of permanent space. What will user A have if user B is created with 20 GB of permanent space?

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10 GB

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80 GB

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30 GB

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70 GB

Question 7

Which Teradata database tool enables you to duplicate a table and restore it there?

Accepted Answer

Archive Recovery

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Table Rebuild

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FastExport

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Teradata Copy Tool