Certified Data Management Professional – Fundamentals (CDMP) — Question 20

Which of the following is a reason why organisations do not dispose of non-value-adding information?

Answer options

• A. The organisation's data quality benchmark diminishes
• B. Data modelling the content is hard to reproduce
• C. The information is never out of date
• D. Storage is cheap and easily expanded
• E. The metadata repository cannot be updated

Correct answer: D

Explanation

The correct answer is D because organizations often choose to keep non-value-adding information due to the low cost and ease of expanding storage. Options A, B, C, and E do not accurately represent common reasons for not disposing of such information, as they focus on quality, reproducibility, currency, and updating issues rather than the cost of storage.