Certificate in Business Data Analytics (CBDA) — Question 24

The architecture team puts forth a solution architecture that integrates multiple data sources from within and outside the organization. The architecture provides the foundation to source a new analytics program.
If one of the objectives of the analytics team was to provide ‘one source of the truth’, this objective would be referring to which of the following?

Answer options

• A. Evaluating the completeness, validity, and reliability of the data from source systems
• B. Identifying one key stakeholder, who can make final decisions about which sources to relate/merge
• C. Enforcing master data management principles and practices
• D. Ensuring stakeholders always have clear insight into the final requirements at all times

Correct answer: C

Explanation

The correct answer is C because enforcing master data management principles ensures that there is a single, reliable source of data that can be trusted for analytics, aligning with the goal of 'one source of the truth'. Options A and B focus on data evaluation and decision-making roles respectively, which do not directly address the establishment of a unified data source. Option D relates to stakeholder communication and requirements clarity, which is important but not specifically linked to the concept of a single source of truth.