DEA-C01 Domain 1: Data Ingestion and Transformation

Which service should you use to orchestrate complex ETL dependencies?

Multiple choice — select one answer

Answer choices

  1. a. Amazon Athena or Spark on Glue
  2. b. Apache Iceberg/Hudi/Delta on Glue or EMR
  3. c. AWS Step Functions or Managed Workflows for Apache Airflow (MWAA)
  4. d. AWS Glue

Architectural breakdown & explanation

Orchestrators manage task DAGs.

Correct answer(s): c. AWS Step Functions or Managed Workflows for Apache Airflow (MWAA)

Exam domain: Domain 1: Data Ingestion and Transformation (34% weight on the official guide).

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