Question 23
Domain 6:Cost & Performance OptimisationAn organization wants to reduce the day-to-day operational work required to maintain its data assets in Unity Catalog. Which table type best supports this goal?
Correct answer: A
Explanation
Unity Catalog managed tables are intended to reduce operational overhead and maintenance burden compared with other table management approaches. — official.txt
Why each option is right or wrong
A. Use Unity Catalog managed tables for the data assets.
The source material states that using Unity Catalog managed tables reduces operation overhead and maintenance burden, which directly matches the organization's goal of lowering day-to-day maintenance work.
B. Avoid Unity Catalog and rely on manually maintained table definitions.
Unity Catalog managed tables are identified as reducing overhead rather than increasing manual maintenance.
C. Use a table approach that keeps maintenance responsibilities unchanged.
The stated benefit is reduced operational overhead and maintenance burden, not no change in responsibilities.
D. Choose a table type primarily because it increases operational administration.
The relevant goal is reducing operational work, not increasing administration.