Which is structured data?
Why B is the answer
A table of orders with fixed columns
Structured data follows a fixed schema. The others are unstructured.
In detail
- Fixed columns make a table structured data.
- Emails and photos have no fixed schema.
Use case
An illustrative scenario, not a real incident.
An order table has the same columns on each row, so it is easy to sum and filter.
See it in different ways
flowchart TD A["Data"] --> B["Structured: tables with fixed columns"] A --> C["Unstructured: text, images, audio"] A --> D["Labeled: examples with known answers"] A --> E["Unlabeled: no answers attached"]
mindmap
root((Data))
Structured
Tables
Unstructured
Audio
Images
Documents
Labeled
Tagged examples
Unlabeled
No tags
Quality
Accuracy
Completenessflowchart TD
Q{"Does it have a fixed schema?"}
Q -->|"Yes"| A0["Structured data"]
Q -->|"No"| A1["Unstructured data"]Key point: Structured data follows a schema.
Why the other options are wrong
- A. A folder of voice notes
- Audio is unstructured.
- C. A set of scanned contracts
- Scanned documents are unstructured.
- D. A collection of product photos
- Photos are unstructured.