Exam Data-Engineer-Associate Topic 1 Question 10 Discussion

Actual exam question for Amazon's Data-Engineer-Associate exam
Question #: 10
Topic #: 1
A data engineer needs to create an Amazon Athena table based on a subset of data from an existing Athena table named cities_world. The cities_world table contains cities that are located around the world. The data engineer must create a new table named cities_us to contain only the cities from cities_world that are located in the US.
Which SQL statement should the data engineer use to meet this requirement?

Suggested Answer: A Vote an answer

To create a new table named cities_usa in Amazon Athena based on a subset of data from the existing cities_world table, you should use an INSERT INTO statement combined with a SELECT statement to filter only the records where the country is 'usa'. The correct SQL syntax would be:
* Option A: INSERT INTO cities_usa (city, state) SELECT city, state FROM cities_world WHERE country='usa';This statement inserts only the cities and states where the country column has a value of
'usa' from the cities_world table into the cities_usa table. This is a correct approach to create a new table with data filtered from an existing table in Athena.
Options B, C, and D are incorrect due to syntax errors or incorrect SQL usage (e.g., the MOVE command or the use of UPDATE in a non-relevant context).
References:
Amazon Athena SQL Reference
Creating Tables in Athena

by Cash at Apr 08, 2026, 07:36 AM

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