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Which of the following is an example of unstructured data in a big data environment?

Recorded call audio and free-text emails are unstructured data because they do not follow a predefined tabular schema. Relational tables, spreadsheets of totals and transaction databases are structured data with fixed fields that can be queried directly.

  1. AA customer table with fixed columns for name, PAN and city in a relational database
  2. BA spreadsheet of monthly invoice totals
  3. CRecorded customer-care call audio files and free-text emailsCorrect
  4. DA database of transaction IDs and amounts

Explanation

Unstructured data has no predefined schema or tabular form; audio recordings and free-text emails fit this. Relational tables, spreadsheets with fixed columns and transaction databases are structured data.

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