Exam SDS Topic 1 Question 80 Discussion

In data pipelines and process orchestration, a workflow is represented as a Directed Acyclic Graph (DAG):
Directed: Each edge has a direction, representing task dependencies.
Acyclic: No cycles exist; tasks must follow a sequence without looping back.
Graph: Represents tasks as nodes and dependencies as edges.
This structure is common in tools like Apache Airflow, Spark DAGs, and Hadoop MapReduce job schedulers.
Option A & B: Incorrect, as workflows cannot have cycles (would cause infinite loops).
Option D: Incorrect, because workflows are directed, not indirected.
Thus, the correct answer is Option C (Directed Acyclic Graph).
Reference:
DASCA Data Scientist Knowledge Framework (DSKF) - Data Engineering Architectures: Workflow Management with DAGs.