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Exam DBDEA Topics: governance Difficulty: medium

A senior engineer creates the following table in a schema that has a managed storage location configured: ```sql CREATE TABLE main.fin.transactions ( txn_id BIGINT, account_id STRING, amount DECIMAL(12,2) ); ``` During a compliance review, the auditor asks where this table's data files physically reside and who controls their lifecycle. Which answer is accurate?

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  1. A. They are stored in storage operated by Databricks outside the company's cloud account, because Unity Catalog owns the data of managed tables.
  2. B. They are stored in a path chosen by the table creator inside any cloud bucket the creator can access.
  3. C. In the schema's managed storage location, inside the company's own cloud account — Unity Catalog controls the file lifecycle.
  4. D. They are stored in the workspace's DBFS root directory, managed by workspace administrators.
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Correct answer: In the schema's managed storage location, inside the company's own cloud account — Unity Catalog controls the file lifecycle.

Reference: https://docs.databricks.com/aws/en/data-governance/unity-catalog/managed-versus-external

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Official Answer (C): In the schema's managed storage location, inside the company's own cloud account — Unity Catalog controls the file lifecycle.

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