Certified Data Management Professional – Fundamentals (CDMP) — Question 109

Reference data is used to:

Answer options

• A. Describe backup strategies
• B. Enforce enterprise security standards
• C. Categorize or classify data
• D. Remove duplicate customer records
• E. Populate fact tables in a data mart

Correct answer: C

Explanation

Reference data is primarily used to organize or classify information, which aligns with option C as the correct answer. The other options relate to different aspects of data management, such as backup strategies, security standards, data deduplication, and data mart population, but do not pertain to the categorization function of reference data.