Microsoft Certified Azure Data Fundamentals · Free Practice Question Easy

Question 12

Which Azure Storage service is specifically designed to store large quantities of raw and unprocessed data, at very fast speeds? That is, where would a Data Warehouse store it's raw data before being ingested?
  • A Azure SQL Database
  • B Azure Queue Storage
  • C Azure Table Storage
  • D Azure Data Lake Storage
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Correct answer: D

Explanation

Azure Data Lake Storage is specifically designed to be the initial place data is ingested into Azure, before being further processed and moved into a more organized and structured data storage such as Azure SQL Database or Azure Cosmos DB for further analysis. Refer to Microsoft Doc: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/learn/modules/examine-components-of-modern-data-warehouse/3-explore-azure-data-services-warehousing

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