Multiple choice technology

What is a Data Mart?

  1. Powerful and natural extension of the data warehouse

  2. Extends information to the departmental environment from an enterprise environment

  3. Interprets and structures data to suit departments’ specific needs

  4. All of the above

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

A data mart is a focused subset of an enterprise data warehouse, tailored to specific departmental needs (C). It extends warehouse capabilities to business units (B) and serves as a natural extension of the overall warehousing architecture (A). Data marts provide optimized, department-specific views while maintaining consistency with enterprise data.