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๐…๐ซ๐ž๐ช๐ฎ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐€๐ฌ๐ค๐ž๐ ๐“๐ž๐ซ๐š๐๐š๐ญ๐š ๐ˆ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐ž๐ฐ ๐๐ฎ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐€๐ง๐ฌ๐ฐ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ - [๐”๐ฉ๐๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ]

๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐๐จ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ค๐ง๐จ๐ฐ ๐š๐›๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐“๐ž๐ซ๐š๐๐š๐ญ๐š?

๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐“๐ž๐ซ๐š๐๐š๐ญ๐š?

๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐š ๐‚๐ก๐š๐ง๐ง๐ž๐ฅ ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ ๐ข๐ง ๐“๐ž๐ซ๐š๐๐š๐ญ๐š?

๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐š ๐๐š๐ซ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ž๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ž ๐ข๐ง ๐“๐ž๐ซ๐š๐๐š๐ญ๐š?

๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐๐๐ˆ ๐ข๐ง ๐“๐ž๐ซ๐š๐๐š๐ญ๐š?

๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐จ๐ง๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐“๐ž๐ซ๐š๐๐š๐ญ๐š?

๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐‰๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง๐š๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐“๐ž๐ซ๐š๐๐š๐ญ๐š?

๐„๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฐ๐š๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐œ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐š ๐ญ๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ž ๐ข๐ง ๐“๐ž๐ซ๐š๐๐š๐ญ๐š?

๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐’๐ฉ๐จ๐จ๐ฅ ๐’๐ฉ๐š๐œ๐ž ๐„๐ซ๐ซ๐จ๐ซ ๐ข๐ง ๐“๐ž๐ซ๐š๐๐š๐ญ๐š?

๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ƒ๐š๐ญ๐š๐›๐š๐ฌ๐ž ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ฅ๐ž๐ ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐“๐ž๐ซ๐š๐๐š๐ญ๐š?

Top 90 Teradata Interview Questions And Answers

Teradata Interview Questions And Answers - Basic Level

๐) ๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐๐จ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ค๐ง๐จ๐ฐ ๐š๐›๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐“๐ž๐ซ๐š๐๐š๐ญ๐š?

It is basically a relational database management system which is known due to some of its vast and useful features that are best enough to be considered for a number of tasks which are related to the data. It is considered when it comes to driving the datamart, OLAP and data warehouse applications of a business. It is best enough to b considered when it comes to managing the parallel processing of the data simply in no time.

๐) ๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ž ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ƒ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฉ๐š๐ญ๐œ๐ก๐ž๐ซ ๐ข๐ง ๐“๐ž๐ซ๐š๐๐š๐ญ๐š ๐š๐œ๐œ๐จ๐ซ๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ?
Well, it is capable to be considered for performing multiple tasks. However, it is widely considered as best for taking and storing the requests in a queue. It can help storing a very large number of requests in a defined manner. The multiple sets of responses can easily be created after this and the users can save time and efforts both.

๐) ๐๐š๐ฆ๐ž ๐š๐ง๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐จ ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐จ๐ง ๐„๐“๐‹ ๐ญ๐จ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐œ๐š๐ง ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐“๐ž๐ซ๐š๐๐š๐ญ๐š?
The two common ETL tools are Informatica and DataStage.

๐) ๐ˆ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐›๐ฅ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐›๐ฒ๐ฉ๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ž๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐“๐ž๐ซ๐š๐๐š๐ญ๐š ๐ฃ๐จ๐›๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐”๐ง๐ข๐ฑ ๐„๐ง๐ฏ๐ข๐ซ๐จ๐ง๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ฒ?

Yes, the same is possible and the users are free to do the same provided some basic conditions are fulfilled by them. This can be done by performing execution in the UNIX.

๐) ๐–๐ก๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐š๐ง๐š๐ ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐๐š๐ญ๐š ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐ญ

Well, data is the real source of deriving useful information and without data, many important tasks such as business management, decision making, problem formulation and many other tasks which are useful cannot be accomplished easily. When the same is not managed, there are strong chances that the user will get the errors in all of the above tasks. A well-managed data always enable users to save time and to locate things easily. There are a lot of other reasons as well due to which data management is important.

๐) ๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ž๐ฑ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐จ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ค๐ง๐จ๐ฐ ๐š๐›๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐‚๐š๐ญ๐œ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ข๐ง ๐“๐ž๐ซ๐š๐๐š๐ญ๐š?

It is basically an add-on feature in Teradata which simply let the users share the cache simply with all the applications. This is because it works closely with the source and even let the users mould the outcomes in the manner they are comfortable with. This approach let them save time when the data is complex and have so many errors associated with them.

๐) ๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐š๐œ๐œ๐จ๐ซ๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐“๐ž๐ซ๐š๐๐š๐ญ๐š?

Teradata can manage a large volume of data without facing any glitch
There are very limited factors that can impact its important parameters such as performance
The data can easily be managed even if most of the segments are unstructured
A lot of useful information about the tasks that can be performed can be derived at the same time when data is managed with Teradata
Teradata is an approach that has wide scalability and adaptability
The tasks can be divided among the teams to obtain the true results
It can help to manage bulk data in the shortest possible time
Relational database management can be made superior in every aspect through Teradata

๐) ๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐๐จ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ค๐ง๐จ๐ฐ ๐š๐›๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐š ๐‚๐ก๐š๐ง๐ง๐ž๐ฅ ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ ๐ข๐ง ๐“๐ž๐ซ๐š๐๐š๐ญ๐š? ๐‡๐จ๐ฐ ๐ข๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐ข๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐†๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ฐ๐š๐ฒ?

While managing the data and handling other tasks related to it, the users have to make sure that there is effective communication between the applications and the PEโ€™s that are considered. For this, a software called Channel Driver is used. Generally, it acts as a direct link between them and enables clients to share information easily.

Gateways are quite similar to that of Channel driver but the only difference is they enable the communication of PE and applications in case of network clients or for the clients which are attached to the network.

๐) ๐๐š๐ฆ๐ž ๐š๐ง ๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐š๐œ๐ก ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐œ๐š๐ง ๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ก๐ž๐ง ๐ข๐ญ ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ข๐œ ๐ข๐ง ๐“๐ž๐ซ๐š๐๐š๐ญ๐š?

This can be done with the help of a feature called Tpump which is actually a dedicated one for controlling and monitoring the traffic.

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