1. Teradata acts as a data store to multiple hosts to provide _____. (Choose two.

multiple complex queries that run concurrently

a data mart implementation based on functional units
ease of data replication
a single version of the truth

2. Which two statements are true about the way the Teradata database is administered?
(Choose two.)

Space management is handled internally by the AMPs.

The Database Administrator determines where data is placed.
Data distribution is automatic.
Manual partitioning schemes are required.

3. What are two examples of an OLTP environment? (Choose two.)

Many transactions involve a small amount of data.

Transactions take minutes or more to complete.
A few complex transactions involve a large amount of data.
Transactions take a matter of seconds or less.

4. Which three queries against a retail database are considered DSS? (Choose three.)

decide what to put on sale

automatically reorder products
validate a credit card
look-up price of a specific item
determine monthly sales

5. What is a common data source for the central enterprise data warehouse?

operational data stores

backup tapes
logical data marts
dependent data marts

6. In which phase of the Active Data Warehouse evolution do you use data to determine what
will happen?

analytical modeling
ad hoc queries
continuous update
pre-defined reports
event based triggering
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TeraData Interview Questions - 3

7. Which two can be implemented within the centrally located logical architecture of a data
warehouse? (Choose two.)

independent data mart

dependent data mart
logical data mart
operational data store

8. Which two statements are true about a foreign key? (Choose two.)

Foreign Keys cannot contain NULL or missing values.

Foreign Keys can change values over time.
Each Foreign Key must exist as a Primary Key.
Foreign Keys provide a second level uniqueness.

9. The Teradata database supports logical models because it _____. (Choose three.)

requires separate history and current data tables

stores the data for faster access
has the ability to perform large aggregations during query runtime
has the ability to perform up to 64 joins in a single query

10. Cliques are physically composed of _____.

gateways
PEs
AMPs
nodes

11. Which statement about spool space is true?

Spool space must be specified during creation of the user.

Spool space is permanent space.
Spool space is limited to the size of the table.
Spool space is used to hold the intermediate result set.

12. Which statement is true if using NUPIs to accomplish data distribution?

Uniform row distribution is accomplished using UPIs.

The low-order 16 bits of the row hash are input to the hash map.
The increase of hash buckets has resulted in more hash collisions.
 Duplicate NUPI values will produce the same row hash.

13. Which three statements are true for Primary Keys and Primary Indexes? (Choose three.)

They are both optional in a Teradata table.

They are conceptually the same.
They can be the same column.
They can contain unique data values.
They can be defined in a Create Table.

14. Which two statements are true of Teradata data distribution? (Choose two.)

manual distribution of the data

based on hashing of the Primary Key
based on hashing of the Primary Index
automatic distribution of the data

15. Which three statements are true about the way Teradata handles data access? (Choose three.)

Skewed data distribution does not affect data access.

The rows of each table are distributed among all AMPs based on the Primary Index of the
table.
A table stored entirely on one disk offers improved access performance.
A full table scan accesses all AMPs in parallel.
If an index is referenced in a query, it is used unless a full table scan is determined to be
more efficient.

16. What are two reasons for choosing a Unique Primary Index (UPI) verses a Non Unique Primary
Index (NUPI)? (Choose two.)

A UPI guarantees even data distribution.

A UPI requires no duplicate row checking during loads.
A UPI is the Primary Key of the table.
A UPI access is a two-AMP operation.

17. What are the two types of Secondary Indexes? (Choose two.)

Non-Unique Secondary Indexes

Unique Secondary Indexes
Partitioned Secondary Indexes
Non-Partitioned Secondary Indexes

18. Which two statements about the Transient Journal are true? (Choose two.)
 Transient Journal operation is automatic.
Before Images are kept until manually purged.
It permits successful rollback to the last archive.
Transient Journals are stored in a user's spool space.
After the transaction is committed, the Before Images are discarded.

19. What is a clique? (Choose two.)

a physical construct that defines a secondary access path from a host

a logical construct that defines disk availability for a group of AMPs
a group of disk arrays that are physically cabled to a group of nodes
a group of physical disk drives within a disk array.

20. The database restarts and a node stays down.Which two components will migrate to other
nodes? (Choose two.)

channel attached PE
GTW
AMP
LAN attached PE

21. Which three are Teradata Warehouse Builder operators? (Choose three.)

UnloadX Field
Load
DataConnector
Stream

22. Within the following list, which tool should you use to collect and analyze database
performance?

BTEQ
Teradata SQL Assistant
TDQM
Teradata Manager

23. X On which three platforms does the ARC utility run? (Choose three.)

Web based servers

IBM Mainframe
network attached servers
NCR UNIX servers