Question 270
A Spark streaming job writes to Delta and must keep output progress safe if a microbatch is retried. What should the engineer implement first to satisfy the stated need?
Explanation
Correct Answer
A checkpoint plus idempotent behavior reduces repeated business effects after failure.
Incorrect Answers
Accelerated external shortcuts do not support native-table update policies or materialized views.
Bounded joins limit held state and match related events by key and time.
Keyed streaming deduplication limits duplicate business contributions.