Google Professional Data Engineer Question 48
Single answerGoogle Cloud PlatformYour organization is building a data lake on Google Cloud. To ensure effective data governance, you need a solution that supports data discovery, metadata management, and compliance tracking across datasets stored in BigQuery and Cloud Storage. Which Google Cloud service would best meet these requirements?
- A
Dataflow
- B
Dataplex
- C
Cloud Pub/Sub
- D
BigQuery
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Correct answer: B
Explanation
Dataplex is purpose-built for data governance and enables organizations to efficiently manage and discover their data across distributed systems while maintaining compliance and metadata tracking. It is the ideal service for the described scenario.
- A. Incorrect.
Dataflow is a stream and batch data processing service, but it does not provide capabilities for data discovery, metadata management, or compliance tracking.
- B. Correct.
Dataplex is a data governance service designed for managing, cataloging, and discovering data across distributed systems like BigQuery and Cloud Storage. It includes metadata management and supports compliance tracking.
- C. Incorrect.
Cloud Pub/Sub is a messaging service for event-driven architectures but lacks features for data governance or discovery.
- D. Incorrect.
BigQuery is a powerful data warehouse for analytics but does not provide comprehensive data governance features such as metadata management or compliance tracking.