📏CPA EXAM PREP

Data Management and Databases

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How does a data warehouse differ from OLTP storage?

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It is denormalized and optimized for analytics, not transactions.

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Why does a primary key matter in a relational database?

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It uniquely identifies each row and cannot be null.

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How does a foreign key support database integrity?

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It links to another table’s primary key and enforces referential integrity.

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Why would you use ETL when combining data from multiple sources?

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To clean, standardize, deduplicate, and load data into a target.

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