PDE Reliability, policies, and processes

Two designs were proposed. Design A would govern data lakes. Design B would monitor pipeline SLAs. The team must pick the approach aligned with vendor best practices. Which choice is correct?

Multiple choice — select one answer

Answer choices

  1. a. Cloud Monitoring dashboards and alerts
  2. b. Dataplex
  3. c. No lineage
  4. d. Shadow catalogs

Architectural breakdown & explanation

Dataplex manages metadata and quality. Compare with Cloud Monitoring dashboards and alerts: Monitoring validates pipeline health.

Correct answer(s): b. Dataplex

Exam domain: Reliability, policies, and processes (20% weight on the official guide).

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