Rapid Recall 01–33
Answer in one or two sentences unless the prompt asks for a list.
- Define Reference and Master Data Management.
- Name the three program goals.
- Name the six guiding principles.
- Reference vs Master vs Transaction vs Metadata?
- Why is Reference Data generally less volatile than Master Data?
- Why is entity resolution not an RDM problem?
- Define Reference Data.
- List the four Reference Data structures taught here.
- List vs cross-reference?
- Cross-reference vs taxonomy?
- Taxonomy vs ontology?
- Name four Reference Data source/type families.
- What Metadata should accompany a Reference Data set?
- Define Master Data.
- Name common Master Data domains.
- System of Record vs System of Reference?
- Trusted Source vs Golden Record?
- Why can Golden Record be misleading?
- Why is MDM a discipline, not a tool?
- What seven requirement questions should an MDM assessment answer?
- Why does DAMA recommend starting one domain at a time?
- Write the five key MDM processing steps in order.
- What does Data Model Management solve?
- Data Acquisition vs Standardization?
- Standardization vs Enrichment?
- Define entity resolution.
- False positive vs false negative?
- What is similarity analysis?
- Deterministic vs probabilistic matching?
- Candidate identification vs identity resolution?
- Why maintain match history?
- Duplicate identification vs match-link?
- Match-link vs match-merge?
Do not open the key until you have attempted all 33.