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What is a slowly changing dimension and what are its types? |
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| 2. |
What do you understand by fact-less fact table? |
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What do you understand by Normalization? |
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What is Self-Join? |
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What is the difference between shortcut and reusable transformation? |
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Which SQL statements can be used to perform Data completeness validation? |
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Name a few checks that can be performed to achieve ETL Testing Data accuracy. |
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| 8. |
I have 50 records in my source system but I want to load only 5 records to the target for each run. How can I achieve this? |
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What do you call the testing bug that comes while performing threshold validation testing? |
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What do you understand by a cosmetic bug in ETL testing? |
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What is data purging? |
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What are the common ETL Testing scenarios? |
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Name the three approaches that can be followed for system integration. |
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| 14. |
How does duplicate data appear in a target system? |
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Write an SQL statement to perform Duplicate Data check Testing. |
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What do you understand by Threshold value validation Testing? Explain with an example. |
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If there are thousands of records in the source system, how do you ensure that all the records are loaded to the target in a timely manner? |
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| 18. |
What is the difference between surrogate key and primary key? |
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| 19. |
What is a surrogate key in a database? |
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| 20. |
What is lookup transformation and when is it used? |
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| 21. |
Explain the terms − mapplet, session, mapping, workflow − in an ETL process? |
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| 22. |
What is the difference between round-robin partitioning and Hash partitioning? |
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| 23. |
What is Partitioning? Explain different types of partitioning. |
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| 24. |
What do you understand by Active and Passive Transformations? |
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| 25. |
What do you understand by the term ‘transformation’? |
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| 26. |
What are your responsibilities as an ETL Tester? |
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| 27. |
Explain the key challenges that you face while performing ETL Testing. |
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| 28. |
What are the different ETL Testing categories as per their function? |
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| 29. |
How ETL Testing is different from database testing? |
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| 30. |
What do you understand by ETL Testing? |
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| 31. |
Explain ‘Group-by’ and ‘Having’ clause with an example. |
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| 32. |
What is the difference between Minus and Intersect? What is their use in ETL testing? |
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| 33. |
What are the common set operators in SQL? |
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| 34. |
What is an Operator in SQL? Explain common operator types. |
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| 35. |
Explain the difference between DDL, DML, and DCL statements. |
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| 36. |
What is an Aggregate function? Name a few common aggregate functions. |
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| 37. |
What is a Data Mart? |
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| 38. |
What is a Dimension table and how is it different from a Fact table? |
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What are the structural differences between an OLTP and OLAP system? |
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| 40. |
What is the difference between data warehousing and data mining? |
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| 41. |
Why do we need a staging area in an ETL process? |
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| 42. |
What are the popular ETL tools available in the market? |
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| 43. |
What is the difference between and ETL and BI tools? |
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Explain the 3-layer architecture of an ETL cycle. |
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| 45. |
What do you understand by an ETL? |
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