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04 Data Structure Definition Test

This document is a self-test on data structure definitions (DSDs) in SDMX. It contains 21 multiple choice questions about key concepts in DSDs, including how they identify concepts, the different types of concepts that can be included, how to define time series and cross-sectional structures, and guidelines for creating DSDs using tools like the Data Structure Wizard. The answers to all 21 questions are provided at the end.

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04 Data Structure Definition Test

This document is a self-test on data structure definitions (DSDs) in SDMX. It contains 21 multiple choice questions about key concepts in DSDs, including how they identify concepts, the different types of concepts that can be included, how to define time series and cross-sectional structures, and guidelines for creating DSDs using tools like the Data Structure Wizard. The answers to all 21 questions are provided at the end.

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SDMX self-learning package Self test No.

SDMX self-learning package


Data Structure Definition

TEST
SDMX self-learning package Self test No. 4

Produced by Eurostat, Directorate B: Statistical Methodologies and Tools


Unit B-5: Statistical Information Technologies
Last update of content June 2010
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SDMX self-learning package Self test No. 4

1 Self-test: Data Structure Definition

1) A Dataset Structure Definition:


a) Is a set of descriptor concepts, associated with a set of data.
b) Allows understanding what that data means.
c) All of the above.

2) The creation of a DSD follows several steps, provide the correct chronology:
a) Create the code list.
b) Create the list of the concepts.
c) Define the type of structure: Time Series Data or Cross-Sectional Data.
d) Identify attributes and dimensions concepts; create groups and the measures.

3) Concepts are uniquely identified in SDMX by:


a) The ID.
b) The maintenance agency.
c) The version.
d) All of the above.

4) In a DSD, which concept types may be used:


a) Dimensions.
b) Attributes.
c) Measures.
d) All of the above.

5) Attribute concepts:
a) Must be coded.
b) Must have text format.
c) None of the above.

6) Which information an attribute element of the DSD doesn’t contain?


a) The concept used for the attribute.
b) Whether a value has to be provided or not (‘Mandatory’ versus ‘Conditional’).
c) The name of the DSD to which the attribute is attached/
d) The attachment level for both representations (time-series and cross-sectional).

7) Which is not an attachment level for attributes?


a) Dataset.
b) Title.
c) Groups.
d) Observation.
e) Series.
f) Section.

8) As for attributes, dimensions can be attached at different level in:


a) Both Time series and cross-sectional DSDs.
b) Cross-sectional DSDs only.

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9) A primary measure:
a) Is an element that indicates which concept will contain the measured value.
b) Is conventionally associated with the Observation Value (OBS_VALUE) concept for the
time series data format.
c) Both.

10) Does the order of declaration of the dimensions in the DSD reflect the order in which the
dimensions that will appear in the keys?
a) Yes.
b) No.

11) A set of time series which are identical except that they are measured in different
frequencies is called a:
a) Cross-sectional dataset.
b) Sibling Group.
c) Key Family.
d) Dataflow.

12) Which proposition doesn’t represent a specific type of dimension in SDMX?


a) A Frequency dimension.
b) A Time dimension.
c) A key dimension.
d) A Measure dimension.

13) Which special dimensions are obligatory for any Time Series data organization?
a) Frequency and Country.
b) Frequency and Time.
c) Time and Country.
d) None of the above.

14) Which assertion is wrong?


a) A code list is a set of codes with a language-specific description.
b) Only code lists proposed in the SDMX Content-Oriented Guidelines are authorized.
c) A code list is associated to a dimension or an attribute when they are not represented
by free-text values.

15) When cross-sectional data organisation may be used?


a) Only when there is no time dimension.
b) In situations where the statistical data consist of multiple observations at a single point
in time.
c) Only when data need to be validated.

16) In Cross-sectional data structures, the measure dimension:


a) Defines the multiple measures of the Cross-Sectional data representation.
b) Has values that are associated to concepts.
c) All of the above.

17) When no multiple phenomenons are measured, a Cross-sectional data structure may not
have a Cross sectional measure.
a) Yes.
b) No.

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18) Cross-sectional data structures take the same concepts in describing the data as Time
series data strucutres
a) Yes.
b) No.

19) A DSD can be created using SDMX tools like the Data Structure Wizard (DSW). Which
is the correct operations order to respect when creating DSDs with this tool?
a) Definition of a Concept Scheme.
b) Export the DSD.
c) Definition of Code Lists.
d) Definition of a DSD.

20) When creating a DSD with the DSW tool, which element is wrong?
a) DSD Elements - Group Keys.
b) DSD Elements - XS Measures.
c) DSD Elements - Primary Measure.
d) DSD Elements - Code list.
e) DSD Elements – Attributes.
f) DSD Elements – Dimensions.

21) What the Message Implementation Guide doesn’t include?


a) The list of concepts, the dimensions and the attribute.
b) The code lists and the measures.
c) Guidelines to implement the DSD with SDMX tools.

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2 Answers

Question 1: c).
Question 2: a) & b) & c) & d).
Question 3: d).
Question 4: d).
Question 5: c).
Question 6: c).
Question 7: b).
Question 8: b).
Question 9: c).
Question 10: a).
Question 11: b).
Question 12: c).
Question 13: b).
Question 14: b).
Question 15: b).
Question 16: c).
Question 17: a).
Question 18: a).
Question 19: a) & b) & c) & d).
Question 20: d).
Question 21: c).

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