Certified Data Management Professional – Fundamentals (CDMP) — Question 26

One of the ongoing issues in maintaining ALL the customer data in a single master data management data store is that:

Answer options

• A. The need for differing customer security levels across the enterprise will be entirely avoided
• B. There will be continuous changes to the solution as it is sensitive to any change in any other customer system
• C. Data warehousing will find it difficult to pick a system of reference or record for loading of data
• D. The project will be very expensive
• E. There will be isolated reference data left behind, making it difficult to manage

Correct answer: B

Explanation

The correct answer, B, highlights that the master data management solution is highly sensitive to changes in other systems, necessitating ongoing adjustments. The other options do not accurately represent the challenges associated with maintaining a single master data repository, such as eliminating security needs (A), the cost implications (D), or issues related to reference data (C and E).