Certified Data Management Professional – Fundamentals (CDMP) — Question 27

The Family Name of a Person is recorded in a system. The column name is Pname.
Pname is an example of:

Answer options

• A. Metadata
• B. Data
• C. Megadata
• D. Normalised data
• E. Poor table design

Correct answer: E

Explanation

The correct answer is E, as the naming of the column Pname does not clearly indicate that it stores the family name, suggesting poor table design. Options A, B, C, and D do not accurately describe the inadequacy of the column name in representing the data as effectively as it should.