Azure Data Scientists Associate Practice Exam

True or False: The Publish button runs the pipeline against the test data provided.

1. True

2. False

3. Only if specified

4. Runs automatically

The correct answer is: False

The statement is false because the Publish button in Azure Data Factory is primarily used to finalize and make your pipeline changes available for execution in the production environment. When you click the Publish button, it does not execute the pipeline against the test data or any data at all. Instead, it saves your changes and updates the pipeline definitions in the data factory. Running the pipeline against test data usually involves executing it separately through the interface or via other means, such as a trigger or monitoring the execution. The action of publishing is distinct from running the pipeline; it is about deploying changes rather than executing them. This clarifies that just clicking the Publish button does not initiate any data processing or testing, which is why the correct choice is that the statement is false.