Section 1 - Instruction

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.

Engagement Message

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Section 2 - Practice

A business analyst is building a dashboard to track weekly sales. This activity belongs to which layer of the analytics stack?

Type

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
Section 3 - Practice

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
Section 4 - Practice

Fill in the blanks to describe this data pipeline.

Type

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]].

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