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You are designing a date dimension table in an Azure Synapse Analytics dedicated SQL pool. The date dimension table will be used by all the fact tables.
Which distribution type should you recommend to minimize data movement?

  • A. HASH
  • B. REPLICATE
  • C. ROUND_ROBIN
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Suggested Answer: B 🗳️
A replicated table has a full copy of the table available on every Compute node. Queries run fast on replicated tables since joins on replicated tables don't require data movement. Replication requires extra storage, though, and isn't practical for large tables.
Incorrect Answers:
C: A round-robin distributed table distributes table rows evenly across all distributions. The assignment of rows to distributions is random. Unlike hash-distributed tables, rows with equal values are not guaranteed to be assigned to the same distribution.
As a result, the system sometimes needs to invoke a data movement operation to better organize your data before it can resolve a query.
Reference:
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/synapse-analytics/sql-data-warehouse/sql-data-warehouse-tables-distribute

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HichemZe
Highly Voted 2 years, 8 months ago
It's a question for DP-203 !!
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Icyb3r
1 year, 8 months ago
Thanks for sharing that. ;)
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mimi21212152
2 years, 4 months ago
okay we get it no need to say the same thing over and over
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TheMCT
1 year, 1 month ago
I think it's okay to tag the question as one from DP-203 - we don't have time to waste on questions that are not part of DP-300 objectives.
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ofzrgrz
8 months ago
No, it's actually useful to confirm for each question that THIS ONE is not part of the actual DP-300 curriculum. My time is precious and I would rather not prepare for a different exam than the one I intend to take lol
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gt002
Highly Voted 2 years, 4 months ago
A replicated table has a full copy of the table available on every Compute node
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MS_KoolaidMan
Most Recent 11 months, 1 week ago
Selected Answer: B
Replicate seems like the only logical answer.
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matiandal
1 year, 4 months ago
base on the following the Correct ANswer is ... ==> B.Replicate Cheat sheet for dedicated SQL pool (formerly SQL DW) in Azure Synapse Analytics Use the following strategies, depending on the table properties: Type: Replicated Great fit for…: Small dimension tables in a star schema with less than 2 GB of storage after compression (~5x compression) https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/synapse-analytics/sql-data-warehouse/cheat-sheet#distributed-or-replicated-tables
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giuseppepacilli85
1 year, 6 months ago
HASH is correct, please fix!
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bad_atitude
1 year, 6 months ago
B. Replicated is correct
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Ciupaz
1 year, 6 months ago
Never seen dimension tables or Synapse Analytics in MeasureUp test practice for the DP-300 exam.
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ramelas
2 years, 4 months ago
understand that these questions are going to be on dp 300, just stop saying that the website needs a fix. this is not a problem from website but from microsoft
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matongax
2 years, 6 months ago
minimize data movement = replicate
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jerkyflexoff
2 years, 6 months ago
Please fix this......
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gabriel3600
2 years, 7 months ago
They should fix this ASAP
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ovokpus
2 years, 8 months ago
They should fix this ASAP
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