ITGSS CERTIFIED ADVANCED PROFESSIONAL; DATA ANALYST
EXAM QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS
When working with data in Excel, what is your first step? - ANSWER
Ensure that the entire data set is recognized by Excel.
Determining the count of values and basic transformation requirements
in a data set is known as _____. - ANSWER Data profiling -- Data
profiling is a high-level profile of the characteristics of the working data.
Profiling helps determine what steps you should work through on the
transformation of your data.
What should you do with every new data set before you begin to analyze
the data? - ANSWER Profile the data -- Use data profiling to learn
about data at a high level. Profiling helps determine what steps you
should work through on the transformation of your data.
When working with data that requires transformations, which option
provides you with the most robust options in Excel? - ANSWER Power
Query -- Leveraging Power Query allows you to transform your data into
structures that are powerful and usable for data analysis.
What is an example of a business rule for data? - ANSWER A bundle
sale is defined as a minimum of 3 products sold at the same time. --
Business rules can be as simple as a definition. In this case, a
transaction with the same date/time with a sale of three products is
classified as a business rule.
Microsoft SQL Server - ANSWER a relational database management
system with the primary function of storing and receiving data
Basic SQL query - ANSWER Basic queries allow you to select data
from the database.
SELECT -- fields from the table
FROM -- table name
WHERE -- filter data
, ORDER BY -- sort data
where & order are not required statements. When used together you
need to filter the data before you sort it.
Power BI 2 main functions - ANSWER trandorm data & present data
To be a data analyst, you must be able to manually calculate every
single math calculation you need. TRUE/FALSE - ANSWER False
Which option describes parsing text? - ANSWER breaking parts of text
out of a field to create fields -- You can do this with any type of delimiter
and every program handles this a little differently, but the outcome is the
same.
Which statements are required in a basic SQL query? - ANSWER
SELECT and FROM -- SELECT lists all fields from the table, and FROM
lists the table name.
You need to create a status field in Power Query for any order that has
30 days between the start of the order and the ship date. It will provide a
status value of "Over 30 Days." Which built-in function can you use? -
ANSWER Conditional Column -- This logical function will allow us to
split the data into categories, and in this case, create a Status field with
values of "Over 30 Days" for the rows that match.
Spaces can be used as delimiters. TRUE/FALSE - ANSWER TRUE --
Spaces are invisible to the eye, but they are actual characters that can
be used as delimiters.
What are the two core functions that Power BI offers to data analysts? -
ANSWER transformation of data and presentation of data -- Power BI
offers two core functions for data analysts: transforming and presenting
data.
Master Data - ANSWER Customer and address information
project names
product names
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