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A.the columnar in-memory engine that compresses imported data column by column for fast scanning
B.a built-in tool that records how long each visual's queries and rendering take to find bottlenecks
C.the practice of lowering the number of distinct values in a column to improve compression and shrink model size
D.a policy that reloads only recently changed partitions instead of the whole table to speed up imports
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2. Which term means: "the columnar in-memory engine that compresses imported data column by column for fast scanning"?
Junior
A.Incremental refresh
B.Cardinality reduction
C.Performance analyzer
D.VertiPaq
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3. Which statement is correct?
Junior
A.VertiPaq — the practice of lowering the number of distinct values in a column to improve compression and shrink model size
B.VertiPaq — a policy that reloads only recently changed partitions instead of the whole table to speed up imports
C.VertiPaq — the columnar in-memory engine that compresses imported data column by column for fast scanning
D.VertiPaq — a pre-summarized cached table that intercepts queries to answer them faster than scanning detailed source rows
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4. What is Aggregation table?
Senior
A.a policy that reloads only recently changed partitions instead of the whole table to speed up imports
B.the columnar in-memory engine that compresses imported data column by column for fast scanning
C.a pre-summarized cached table that intercepts queries to answer them faster than scanning detailed source rows
D.a built-in tool that records how long each visual's queries and rendering take to find bottlenecks
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5. Which term means: "a pre-summarized cached table that intercepts queries to answer them faster than scanning detailed source rows"?
Senior
A.Cardinality reduction
B.VertiPaq
C.Aggregation table
D.Performance analyzer
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6. Which statement is correct?
Senior
A.Aggregation table — a policy that reloads only recently changed partitions instead of the whole table to speed up imports
B.Aggregation table — the columnar in-memory engine that compresses imported data column by column for fast scanning
C.Aggregation table — the practice of lowering the number of distinct values in a column to improve compression and shrink model size
D.Aggregation table — a pre-summarized cached table that intercepts queries to answer them faster than scanning detailed source rows
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7. What is Cardinality reduction?
Mid
A.a policy that reloads only recently changed partitions instead of the whole table to speed up imports
B.a built-in tool that records how long each visual's queries and rendering take to find bottlenecks
C.the practice of lowering the number of distinct values in a column to improve compression and shrink model size
D.a pre-summarized cached table that intercepts queries to answer them faster than scanning detailed source rows
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8. Which term means: "the practice of lowering the number of distinct values in a column to improve compression and shrink model size"?
Mid
A.VertiPaq
B.Cardinality reduction
C.Performance analyzer
D.Incremental refresh
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9. Which statement is correct?
Mid
A.Cardinality reduction — a built-in tool that records how long each visual's queries and rendering take to find bottlenecks
B.Cardinality reduction — the practice of lowering the number of distinct values in a column to improve compression and shrink model size
C.Cardinality reduction — a pre-summarized cached table that intercepts queries to answer them faster than scanning detailed source rows
D.Cardinality reduction — a policy that reloads only recently changed partitions instead of the whole table to speed up imports
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10. What is Incremental refresh?
Mid
A.a pre-summarized cached table that intercepts queries to answer them faster than scanning detailed source rows
B.the practice of lowering the number of distinct values in a column to improve compression and shrink model size
C.a policy that reloads only recently changed partitions instead of the whole table to speed up imports
D.a built-in tool that records how long each visual's queries and rendering take to find bottlenecks
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11. Which term means: "a policy that reloads only recently changed partitions instead of the whole table to speed up imports"?
Mid
A.Performance analyzer
B.Aggregation table
C.Incremental refresh
D.Cardinality reduction
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12. Which statement is correct?
Mid
A.Incremental refresh — a pre-summarized cached table that intercepts queries to answer them faster than scanning detailed source rows
B.Incremental refresh — a policy that reloads only recently changed partitions instead of the whole table to speed up imports
C.Incremental refresh — the practice of lowering the number of distinct values in a column to improve compression and shrink model size
D.Incremental refresh — the columnar in-memory engine that compresses imported data column by column for fast scanning
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13. What is Performance analyzer?
Senior
A.the practice of lowering the number of distinct values in a column to improve compression and shrink model size
B.a pre-summarized cached table that intercepts queries to answer them faster than scanning detailed source rows
C.a built-in tool that records how long each visual's queries and rendering take to find bottlenecks
D.the columnar in-memory engine that compresses imported data column by column for fast scanning
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14. Which term means: "a built-in tool that records how long each visual's queries and rendering take to find bottlenecks"?
Senior
A.Incremental refresh
B.VertiPaq
C.Performance analyzer
D.Aggregation table
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15. Which statement is correct?
Senior
A.Performance analyzer — a pre-summarized cached table that intercepts queries to answer them faster than scanning detailed source rows
B.Performance analyzer — a built-in tool that records how long each visual's queries and rendering take to find bottlenecks
C.Performance analyzer — the practice of lowering the number of distinct values in a column to improve compression and shrink model size
D.Performance analyzer — a policy that reloads only recently changed partitions instead of the whole table to speed up imports
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