dp-203 Practice Question 1948
Exam: dp-203
Domain: Design and develop data processing
Topic: Develop a batch processing solution
Difficulty: medium
Your organization wants to leverage Azure Synapse Spark pools for batch processing to analyze large datasets. You have a dataset in Azure Data Lake Gen2 that needs to be processed using PySpark transformations. Which of the following steps is NOT required when setting up a Spark pool in Azure Synapse for this task?
Answer Options
A
Create a Spark pool in Azure Synapse Analytics
B
Configure the Spark pool settings such as compute size and number of nodes
C
Set up the Spark pool to access the data in Azure Data Lake Gen2
D
Set up an HDInsight cluster to manage the Spark pool
Correct Answer
D: Set up an HDInsight cluster to manage the Spark pool
Explanation
The correct answer is D because creating a Spark pool in Azure Synapse does not require setting up a cluster in Azure HDInsight. It is an Azure service that manages the underlying infrastructure. Options A, B, and C are all necessary steps in setting up a Spark pool in Azure Synapse.