In the previous unit, you learned about the five key layers of the modern analytics stack: Sources, Ingestion, Storage, Processing, and Consumption. Now, let's practice identifying where different data activities fit.
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A business analyst is building a dashboard to track weekly sales. This activity belongs to which layer of the analytics stack?
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Multiple Choice
Practice Question
A business analyst is building a dashboard to track weekly sales. This activity belongs to which layer of the analytics stack?
A. Ingestion B. Storage C. Processing D. Consumption
Suggested Answers
- A
- B
- C
- D - Correct
Sort these data engineering tasks into the correct layer.
Type
Sort Into Boxes
Practice Question
Sort these data engineering tasks into the correct layer.
Labels
- First Box Label: Ingestion
- Second Box Label: Processing
First Box Items
- Copying files
- Polling an API
- Fetching from DB
Second Box Items
- Running SQL
- Combining tables
- Cleaning data
Fill in the blanks to describe this data pipeline.
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Fill In The Blanks
Markdown With Blanks
Fill in the blanks to describe this data pipeline.
Data from our website ([[blank:Sources]]) is moved into our data warehouse using an [[blank:Ingestion]] tool. Once there, it is stored long-term. We then run scripts to clean and aggregate it ([[blank:Processing]]) before it is used in dashboards for [[blank:Consumption]].
