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Microsoft Certified Azure Data Fundamentals (Exam DP-900) Certification Guide

By : Marcelo Leite
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Microsoft Certified Azure Data Fundamentals (Exam DP-900) Certification Guide

5 (1)
By: Marcelo Leite

Overview of this book

Passing the DP-900 Microsoft Azure Data Fundamentals exam opens the door to a myriad of opportunities for working with data services in the cloud. But it is not an easy exam and you'll need a guide to set you up for success and prepare you for a career in Microsoft Azure. Absolutely everything you need to pass the DP-900 exam is covered in this concise handbook. After an introductory chapter covering the core terms and concepts, you'll go through the various roles related to working with data in the cloud and learn the similarities and differences between relational and non-relational databases. This foundational knowledge is crucial, as you'll learn how to provision and deploy Azure's relational and non-relational services in detail later in the book. You'll also gain an understanding of how to glean insights with data analytics at both small and large scales, and how to visualize your insights with Power BI. Once you reach the end of the book, you'll be able to test your knowledge with practice tests with detailed explanations of the correct answers. By the end of this book, you will be armed with the knowledge and confidence to not only pass the DP-900 exam but also have a solid foundation from which to embark on a career in Azure data services.
Table of Contents (21 chapters)
1
Part 1: Core Data Concepts
7
Part 2: Relational Data in Azure
11
Part 3: Non-Relational Data in Azure
14
Part 4: Analytics Workload on Azure

Sample questions and answers

Before you move on to the next chapter, try answering the following questions:

  1. The Azure Cosmos DB ____________ API enables the use of SELECT statements to retrieve documents from Azure Cosmos DB.
    1. Core (SQL)
    2. Gremlin
    3. MongoDB
    4. Table
  2. What is a characteristic of non-relational data?
    1. Forced schema on data structures
    2. Flexible storage of ingested data
    3. Entities may have the same fields
    4. Each row has the exact same columns
  3. Complete this sentence: _____________ natively support the analysis of relationships between entities.
    1. Document databases
    2. Key-value stores
    3. Graph databases
    4. Column family databases
  4. Which Azure storage solution is compatible with HDFS, Azure Active Directory (Azure AD), and POSIX-based access control lists (ACLs)
    1. Azure Table storage
    2. Azure Data Lake storage
    3. Azure Queue storage
    4. Azure Files
  5. Select the answer that correctly completes the sentence. You have data that consists of video and audio documents. You need to store the data in an Azure environment...