CompTIA Data+ DA0-002 (V2) Practice Question

The file should be classified as semi-structured data because JSON provides self-describing key/value pairs and hierarchical tags that give the data an intrinsic, machine-readable structure-yet the exact set or order of attributes can differ from one record to another. This places it between fully structured relational tables (which require a rigid, predefined schema) and unstructured text or binary files (which contain no inherent metadata). The flexibility and presence of nested objects are the decisive characteristics. The other options are incorrect because: a relational table would lose the variable depth and optional fields found in JSON; treating the content as unstructured ignores the explicit keys and nesting that clearly describe each element; and calling the file a BLOB conflates the storage mechanism with the data structure and would discard the metadata that makes JSON analyzable without external schema documentation.