Exam Data-Cloud-Consultant Topic 4 Question 29 Discussion

Actual exam question for Salesforce's Data-Cloud-Consultant exam
Question #: 29
Topic #: 4
A Data 360 Consultant is explaining the benefits of zero-copy data federation to a stakeholder. Which statement best describes how data federation differs from traditional data ingestion in Data 360?

Suggested Answer: C Vote an answer

Zero-copy data federation is designed to let Data 360 work with externally stored data without first duplicating it into Salesforce-managed storage. Salesforce describes federation as querying physically distinct sources while preserving each source system's autonomy and avoiding duplication across system boundaries.
That directly matches option C. CSV conversion is not a prerequisite, federation does not imply a 15-minute copy cycle, and supported external providers extend beyond Salesforce orgs. The architectural benefit is reduced data movement, lower duplication, and access to fresher governed data while keeping the source platform responsible for its storage. Therefore, the defining distinction from traditional ingestion is that Data
360 can query or read the external data in place rather than ingesting a separate copy.

by Hugh at Sep 08, 2026, 04:23 PM

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