Question 270
An enterprise imports HR data while preserving employee history. The current environment exhibits the following problem: multiple active Type 2 versions exist for one employee. Which approach best satisfies this requirement?
Explanation
Correct Answer
Enforce nonoverlapping effective intervals and one current-version rule. Temporal dimension integrity requires deterministic active-row selection.
Incorrect Answers
The incoming employee record is unchanged but the load inserts a new dimension version. SCD versioning should happen on real tracked changes.
A warehouse fact table joins employees by mutable full name. Surrogate keys preserve relationships across business attribute changes.
A dimension update overwrites prior department values needed for historical reporting. Type 2 stores prior attributes and distinguishes business history.