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2707 questions of the kind that actually get asked — in interviews, in architecture review boards, and by the person who has to run the thing at 3 AM. Every answer states the trade-off rather than the slogan, and says when the obvious choice is the wrong one.

All areas2707 Architecture Fundamentals81 Distributed Systems101 Data Architecture90 Cloud Architecture87 Networking86 API & Integration Architecture78 Reliability & Resilience88 Observability81 Performance & Capacity Engineering90 Security Architecture95 Cost Architecture & FinOps92 Business Architecture93 Architecture Communication91 Enterprise Architecture91 Legacy Modernization92 AI-Era Architecture96 Software Architecture & Engineering84 Architecture Patterns84 Architecture Decision-Making91 The Architect's Meta-Skills92 Delivery & Release Engineering93 Platform Engineering & Developer Experience92 Testing & Quality Architecture90 Data Platform Architecture98 Streaming & Real-Time Data93 Data Governance & Semantics91 Frontend & Experience Architecture91 Edge, Mobile & IoT88 Regulatory & Data Protection Architecture90 Assurance, Audit & Model Risk98
Difficulty Any beginner intermediate advanced

6 questions in Data Governance & Semantics.

  1. Business Glossary beginner

    A 60-person company is told it needs a business glossary. Twelve people work with data and there are about 25 terms that anyone argues about. A glossary tool costs a subscription and a week of setup. What does the tool buy over one spreadsheet with a named owner, and when does the spreadsheet win?

    3 min answer business-glossarypragmatismlinkagedrift
  2. Data Access Models beginner Multiple choice

    A team masks national identity numbers inside each BI tool's data model so analysts see only the last four digits. Security asks them to move the masking into the warehouse instead. Why does the location of the rule matter more than the rule itself?

    2 min answer maskingaccess controlpolicy enforcementbi tools
  3. Data Access Models beginner

    An analyst can query the customer table. A regulator asks whether she was allowed to use it for the marketing model she built. Role-based access answers one of those questions and not the other. What is the difference between role-, attribute- and purpose-based access, and what does purpose add?

    2 min answer rbacabacpurpose-limitationaccess-control
  4. Data Quality Dimensions beginner Multiple choice

    A supplier table has 12% of rows with a blank tax identifier and 3% where the identifier is present but does not match the registry. Both are called data quality issues in the same report. Why does separating them change who is asked to fix them?

    2 min answer data qualitycompletenessaccuracyownership
  5. Data Stewardship beginner Multiple choice

    A 40-person company has three different numbers for "completed order" living in three spreadsheets. Twelve people touch data at all. A consultant has proposed a governance programme. Which arrangement fixes the problem with the least machinery?

    3 min answer stewardshipgovernancepragmatismenforcement
  6. Reference Data beginner

    An order total is stored as the integer 1000 alongside a currency code. In USD that is ten dollars. The same integer means one thousand yen in JPY and one dinar in KWD. A report sums the column across currencies and the total looks plausible. Why is this a reference-data problem rather than a bug in the report?

    3 min answer reference datacurrencyminor unitsiso 4217