Question Bank Coverage & Diagnostic Metadata
Verified current Drive counts
| Metric | Count |
|---|---|
| Total questions | 68 |
| Foundational | 10 |
| Standard | 43 |
| Difficult | 14 |
| Expert-discrimination | 1 |
| Correct A | 17 |
| Correct B | 17 |
| Correct C | 17 |
| Correct D | 17 |
Cognitive coverage
- Recall — 7
- Understand — 16
- Distinguish — 15
- Apply — 30
Topic coverage
- Foundations — 10
- Types & Sources — 15
- Architecture — 9
- Activities & Lifecycle — 15
- Lineage & Big Data — 8
- Governance & Metrics — 11
Source range: DAMA-DMBOK2 Revised, Chapter 12, pp. 395–423.
High-value confusion clusters represented
Metadata vs data; Business/Technical/Operational; Descriptive/Structural/Administrative; Glossary/Dictionary/Catalog; CMDB/source repository/enterprise Metadata environment; Centralized/Distributed/Hybrid/Bi-Directional; Strategy/Requirements/Architecture; Data Model/Metamodel; Standards/Store Management; Integrate/Deliver; Designed/Implemented lineage; Lineage/Impact; ingest/later cataloging; Metadata Security/Data Security; Governance/Administration; Completeness/Usage/Stewardship/Quality/Maturity.
Error tags after real attempts
Tag the cause—not merely wrong/right: vocabulary/confusion pair; source selection; architecture clue; sequence/lifecycle; missed qualifier; governance-role confusion; lineage-direction confusion; metric mismatch; poor elimination; overthinking; time pressure; confidence mismatch.
Artifact 08 remains empty until repeated real performance misses exist.