Module 05 Quiz: Technical Design - PDM Academy

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Six questions on the migration architecture, ETL design, System Retirement Plans, and fallback. Retake it as often as you like - your best score is saved.

1What is the primary purpose of the staging area in a PDM migration architecture?

An intermediate environment under the migration team's control for profiling, transformation, validation, and data lineage Permanent storage of migrated data before the target is ready A replacement for the legacy system during build Backup copies of the target system data

2Which set best describes what the ETL Content Matrix documents for each entity in scope?

Source/extract method, transformation logic, target load spec, error handling, validation/lineage Cost, time, scope, quality, risk Owner, date, status, priority, comment Extract, exclude, transform, load, archive

3True or false: a full rollback is always possible on a data migration if you plan for it in advance.

True False

4What is a System Retirement Plan?

A document produced through Data Owner interviews that captures the conditions under which a legacy system can be retired The plan for decommissioning the target system after migration The technical specification for archiving legacy data The programme sign-off that authorises go-live

5Who makes the go/no-go decision for each migration run in PDM?

The Data Owners and programme governance, presented with evidence by the Migration Analyst The ETL development team, based on technical validation The Systems Integrator, based on the contract The DBA team, based on database performance

6True or false: the content of a fortnightly release is determined by the ETL development team in sprint planning.

True False