Practice Questions MD12-018–034
MD12-018
Which information is most characteristic of a Configuration Management Database (CMDB)?
A. Approved definitions of business terms.
B. IT configuration items, versions, and relationships among technology assets.
C. Detailed Data Quality profiles and scores.
D. Only source-to-target data mappings.
MD12-019
Which Metadata would most naturally come from a data integration tool?
A. Only business term approvals.
B. Only service endpoint policies.
C. Mappings, transformations, lineage, and job status/duration.
D. Only database index definitions.
MD12-020
Which Metadata would most naturally come from a Data Quality tool?
A. Service endpoints and operations.
B. Database patch versions.
C. Business glossary workflow status only.
D. Validation rules, profiles, quality scores, and observed patterns.
MD12-021
A team needs Metadata about service endpoints, interfaces, operations, parameters, policies, versions, and availability. Which source is strongest?
A. Service Registry.
B. Business Glossary.
C. Data Dictionary.
D. Reference Data Repository.
MD12-022
Which source is most likely to provide conceptual, logical, and physical model Metadata including entities, attributes, relationships, tables, keys, and constraints?
A. Event messaging tools.
B. Modeling tools and repositories.
C. Business Intelligence tools.
D. Directories and catalogs.
MD12-023
Which source is most likely to supply Metadata about coded domains, descriptions, mappings, and relationships among reference values?
A. CMDB.
B. Business Glossary only.
C. Reference Data Repository.
D. Event messaging tool.
MD12-024
Which architecture stores harvested copies of Metadata from many source tools in one persistent enterprise repository?
A. Distributed Metadata Architecture.
B. Bi-Directional Metadata Architecture only.
C. No-repository architecture.
D. Centralized Metadata Architecture.
MD12-025
Which architecture provides a common access point but keeps no persistent central Metadata repository, querying sources in real time?
A. Distributed Metadata Architecture.
B. Centralized Metadata Architecture.
C. Hybrid Metadata Architecture.
D. Bi-Directional Metadata Architecture.
MD12-026
A repository stores steward-entered definitions and enterprise-standard Metadata, while rapidly changing operational details are retrieved from source tools when needed. Which architecture fits best?
A. Centralized only.
B. Hybrid Metadata Architecture.
C. Distributed only.
D. Bi-Directional solely because multiple systems participate.
MD12-027
Approved Metadata changes in the enterprise repository are synchronized back to the originating source tool under controlled rules. Which architecture is indicated?
A. Distributed Metadata Architecture.
B. Centralized Metadata Architecture with frequent refresh.
C. Bi-Directional Metadata Architecture.
D. A Business Glossary architecture.
MD12-028
What is a significant challenge of a centralized Metadata architecture?
A. It cannot support integrated search.
B. It cannot store manually enriched Metadata.
C. It requires every query to contact each source in real time.
D. Keeping harvested copies synchronized and current across diverse source tools.
MD12-029
What is a key limitation of the distributed Metadata approach described by DAMA?
A. Results depend on source availability/quality and there is no persistent central store for consolidated or manually added Metadata.
B. It requires all Metadata to be duplicated centrally.
C. It cannot retrieve current source Metadata.
D. It automatically writes changes back to sources.
MD12-030
Why can Hybrid architecture be attractive for rapidly changing operational Metadata?
A. It guarantees no Metadata ever becomes stale.
B. It can keep critical standardized Metadata centrally while avoiding the need to persist every fast-changing source detail.
C. It eliminates the need for source access.
D. It is the only architecture that supports governance.
MD12-031
What added challenge is especially important in a Bi-Directional Metadata architecture?
A. Providing any central search capability.
B. Creating a business glossary.
C. Coordinating synchronization, conflicts, and the latest version when changes can occur in multiple places.
D. Capturing job execution logs.
MD12-032
Which set best reflects the broad lifecycle layers found in Metadata solutions?
A. Only collection, deletion, and backup.
B. Planning, transactions, invoicing, and billing.
C. Classification, encryption, compression, and archiving only.
D. Creation/sourcing, storage, integration, usage, and control/management.
MD12-033
What is the correct high-level sequence of Chapter 12 Metadata Management activities?
A. Define Strategy -> Understand Requirements -> Define Architecture -> Create/Maintain Metadata -> Query/Report/Analyze Metadata.
B. Select Tool -> Load Metadata -> Define Strategy -> Query -> Govern.
C. Create Metamodel -> Delete Sources -> Centralize Data -> Build Reports -> Archive.
D. Understand Requirements -> Query Metadata -> Define Strategy -> Create Data Warehouse -> Audit.
MD12-034
Which activity should include a charter/scope, stakeholder interviews, current Metadata-source assessment, future architecture direction, and a phased plan?
A. Manage Metadata Stores.
B. Define Metadata Strategy.
C. Query, Report, and Analyze Metadata.
D. Distribute Metadata only.