Big Data Questions
Big Data Questions
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Question: 1 A Jaql
Which capability does IBM BigInsights add to enrich Hadoop? B Fault tolerance through HDFS replication
C Adaptive MapReduce
D Parallel computing on commodity servers
Question: 2 A value
What is one of the four characteristics of Big Data? B volume
C verifiability
D volatility
Question: 8 A HBase
What is one of the two technologies that Hadoop uses as its foundation? B Apache
C Jaql
D MapReduce
Question: 9 A a high throughput, shared file system
What key feature does HDFS 2.0 provide that HDFS does not? B high availability of the NameNode
C data access performed by an RDBMS
D random access to data in the cluster
Question: 10 A LOAD
What are two of the core operators that can be used in a Jaql query? (Select two.) B JOIN
C TOP
D SELECT
Question: 11 A SQL-like
Which type of language is Pig? B compiled language
C object oriented
D data flow
If you need to change the replication factor or increase the default storage block size, which A hdfs.conf
file do you need to modify? B hadoop-configuration.xml
C hadoop.conf
D hdfs-site.xml
Question: 13 A The file(s) must be stored on the local file system where the map reduce job was
To run a MapReduce job on the BigInsights cluster, which statement about the input file(s) developed.
must be true? B The file(s) must be stored in HDFS or GPFS.
C The file(s) must be stored on the JobTracker.
D No matter where the input files are before, they will be automatically copied to where
the job runs.
What is a characteristic of IBM GPFS that distinguishes it from other distributed file systems? A operating system independence
B posix compliance
C no single point of failure
D blocks that are stored on different nodes
Question: 15 A Pig is used for creating MapReduce programs.
Which statement represents a difference between Pig and Hive? B Pig has a shelf interface for executing commands.
C Pig is not designed for random reads/writes or low-latency queries.
D Pig uses Load, Transform, and Store.
Question: 17 A Reduce
B Shuffle
In which step of a MapReduce job is the output stored on the local disk? C Combine
D Map
Question: 19 A Reducer
Which element of the MapReduce architecture runs map and reduce jobs? B JobScheduler
C TaskTracker
D JobTracker
Question: 19 A Reducer
Which element of the MapReduce architecture runs map and reduce jobs? B JobScheduler
C TaskTracker
D JobTracker
Question: 24 A three
Following the most common HDFS replica placement policy, when the replication factor is B two
three, how many replicas will be located on the local rack? C one
D none
Question: 40 A Text Analytics is the most common way to derive value from Big Data.
What drives the demand for Text Analytics? B MapReduce is unable to process unstructured text.
C Data warehouses contain potentially valuable information.
D Most of the world's data is in unstructured or semi-structured text.
Question: 41 A An external table refers an existing location outside the warehouse directory.
In Hive, what is the difference between an external table and a Hive managed table? B An external table refers to a table that cannot be dropped.
C An external table refers to the data from a remote database.
D An external table refers to the data stored on the local file system.
Question: 42 A It provides all the capabilities of an RDBMS plus the ability to manage Big Data.
Which statement about NoSQL is true? B It is a database technology that does not use the traditional relational model.
C It is based on the highly scalable Google Compute Engine.
D It is an IBM project designed to enable DB2 to manage Big Data.
Question: 43 A "Copy" to create a new sheet with the other workbook data in the current workbook
If you need to JOIN data from two workbooks, which operation should be performed B "Group" to bring together the two workbooks
beforehand? C "Load" to create a new sheet with the other workbook data in the current workbook
D "Add" to add the other workbook data to the current workbook
Which tool is used for developing a BigInsights Text Analytics extractor? A Eclipse with BigInsights tools for Eclipse plugin
B BigInsights Console with AQL plugin
C AQLBuilder
D AQL command line
Question: 46 A Pre-create regions by specifying splits in create table command and use the insert
What is the most efficient way to load 700MB of data when you create a new HBase table? command to load data.
B Pre-create regions by specifying splits in create table command and bulk loading the
data.
C Pre-create the column families when creating the table and use the put command to
load the data.
D Pre-create the column families when creating the table and bulk loading the data.
Question: 47 A4
The following sequence of commands is executed: B3
create 'table_1','column_family1','column_family2' C6
put 'table_1','row1','column_family1:c11','r1v11' D2
put 'table_1','row2','column_family1:c12','r1v12'
put 'table_1','row2','column_family2:c21','r1v21'
put 'table_1','row3','column_family1:d11','r1v11'
put 'table_1','row2','column_family1:d12','r1v12'
put 'table_1','row2','column_family2:d21','r1v21'
In HBase, which value will the "count 'table_1'" command return?
Question: 48 A TRANSFORM
Which Hive command is used to query a table? B SELECT
C GET
D EXPAND
Question: 50 A It allows Hadoop to apply the schema-on-ingest model to unstructured Big Data.
Which key benefit does NoSQL provide? B It allows an RDBMS to maintain referential integrity on a Hadoop data set.
C It allows customers to leverage high-end server platforms to manage Big Data.
D It can cost-effectively manage data sets too large for traditional RDBMS.
Question: 54 A HBase
Which Hadoop-related technology supports analysis of large datasets stored in HDFS using an B Pig
SQL-like query language? C Jaql
D Hive
Question: 55 A They need to be marked as "Shared."
How can the applications published to BigInsights Web Console be made available for users to B They need to be copied under the user home directory.
execute? C They need to be deployed with proper privileges.
D They need to be linked with the master application.
Question: 56 A Eclipse
Which component of Apache Hadoop is used for scheduling and running workflow jobs? B Oozie
C Jaql
D Task Launcher
Question: 57 A validater
What is one of the main components of Watson Explorer (InfoSphere Data Explorer)? B replicater
C crawler
D compressor
Question: 60 A Avro
Which IBM tool enables BigInsights users to develop, test and publish BigInsights applications? B HBase
C Eclipse
D BigInsights Applications Catalog
Question: 5 A enabling customers to efficiently index and access large volumes of data
Which description identifies the real value of Big Data and Analytics? B gaining new insight through the capabilities of the world's interconnected intelligence
C providing solutions to help customers manage and grow large database systems
D using modern technology to efficiently store the massive amounts of data generated
by social networks
Question: 17 A Python
Which two Spark libraries provide a native shell? (Choose two.) B Scala
(Please select ALL that apply) C C#
D Java
E C++
Question: 18 A IP address
What is an authentication mechanism in Hortonworks Data Platform? B Preshared keys
C Kerberos
D Hardware token
Question: 19 A Manage, secure, and govern data stored across all storage environments.
What is Hortonworks DataPlane Services (DPS) used for? B Transform data from CSV format into native HDFS data.
C Perform backup and recovery of data in the Hadoop ecosystem.
D Keep data up to date by periodically refreshing stale data.
Question: 21 A Scala
What is the native programming language for Spark? B C++
C Java
D Python
Question: 22 A YARN
Which Hortonworks Data Platform (HDP) component provides a common web user interface B HDFS
for applications running on a Hadoop cluster? C Ambari
D MapReduce
Question: 23 A Transformations
Which Spark RDD operation returns values after performing the evaluations? B Actions
C Caching
D Evaluations
Question: 26 A Distribution
Which Spark RDD operation creates a directed acyclic graph through lazy evaluations? B GraphX
C Transformations
D Actions
Question: 29 A YARN
Which element of Hadoop is responsible for spreading data across the cluster? B MapReduce
C AMS
D HDFS
Question: 32 A SlaveNode
Under the MapReduce v1 architecture, which element of the system manages the map and B JobTracker
reduce functions? C MasterNode
D StorageNode
E TaskTracker
Question: 33 A NameNode
Which component of the HDFS architecture manages storage attached to the nodes? B StorageNode
C DataNode
D MasterNode
Question: 34 A Volume
Which of the "Five V's" of Big Data describes the real purpose of deriving business insight from B Value
Big Data? C Variety
D Velocity
E Veracity
Question: 37 A CSV
Which two of the following are row-based data encoding formats? (Choose two.) B Avro
(Please select ALL that apply) C ETL
D Parquet
E RC and ORC
Question: 38 A The data is spread out and replicated across the cluster.
Which statement describes the action performed by HDFS when data is written to the Hadoop B The data is replicated to at least 5 different computers.
cluster? C The MasterNodes write the data to disk.
D The FsImage is updated with the new data map.
Question: 39 A MasterNode
Under the MapReduce v1 architecture, which element of MapReduce controls job execution B JobTracker
on multiple slaves? C SlaveNode
D TaskTracker
E StorageNode
Question: 40 A MLlib
Which component of the Spark Unified Stack provides processing of data arriving at the B Spark SQL
system in real-time? C Spark Streaming
D Spark Live
Question: 41 A DB2ATSENABLE
Which two registries are used for compiler and runtime performance improvements in B DB2F ODC
support of the Big SQL environment? (Choose two) C DB2COMPOPT
(Please select ALL that apply) D DB2RSHTIMEOUT
E DB2SORTAFTER_TQ
Question: 42 A bigsql_bar.py
Which script is used to backup and restore the Big SQL database? B db2.sh
C bigsql.sh
D load.py
Question: 43 A STRING
You need to create a table that is not managed by the Big SQL database manager. Which B BOOLEAN
keyword would you use to create the table? C SMALLINT
D EXTERNAL
Question: 44 A Oracle
Which two of the following data sources are currently supported by Big SQL? (Choose two) B PostgreSQL
(Please select ALL that apply) C Teradata
D MySQL
E MariaDB
Question: 45 A 7055
Which port is the default for the Big SQL Scheduler to get administrator commands? B 7054
C 7052
D 7053
Question: 46 A Hortonworks
Which tool should you use to enable Kerberos security? B Ambari
C Apache Ranger
D Hive
Question: 47 A Scheduler
Which two options can be used to start and stop Big SQL? (Choose two) B DSM Console
(Please select ALL that apply) C Command line
D Java SQL shell
Question: 48 A CREATE
Which command is used to populate a Big SQL table? B QUERY
C SET
D LOAD
Question: 49 A Impersonation
Which feature allows the bigsql user to securely access data in Hadoop on behalf of another B Privilege
user? C Rights
D Schema
Question: 51 A Db2
The Big SQL head node has a set of processes running. What is the name of the service ID B hdfs
running these processes? C user1
D bigsql
Question: 52 A Parquet
Which file format contains human-readable data where the column values are separated by a B ORC
comma? C Delimited
D Sequence
Question: 54 A Jupyter
Which type of foundation does Big SQL build on? B Apache HIVE
C RStudio
D MapReduce
Question: 55 A SSL
You need to monitor and manage data security across a Hadoop platform. Which tool would B HDFS
you use? C Hive
D Apache Ranger
Question: 56 A """
What can be used to surround a multi-line string in a Python code cell by appearing before and B "
after the multi-line string? C
Question: 58 A pull
What Python statement is used to add a library to the current code cell? B import
C load
D using
Question: 59 A NLTK
What Python package has support for linear algebra, optimization, mathematical integration, B Pandas
and statistics? C NumPy
D SciPy
Which Big SQL datatype should be avoided because it causes significant performance A. CHAR
degradation? * B. STRING
C. UNION
D. VARCHAR
You need to create multiple Big SQL tables with columns defined as CHAR. What needs to be * A. SET SYSHADOOP.COMPATIBILITY_MODE=1
set to enable CHAR columns? B. CREATE TABLE chartab
C. SET HADOOPCOMPATIBLITY_MODE=True
D. ALTER CHAR DATATYPE TO byte
What is the primary core abstraction of Apache Spark? A. GraphX
* B. Resilient Distributed Dataset (RDD)
C. Spark Streaming
D. Directed Acyclic Graph (DAG)
Which Text Analytics runtime component is used for languages such as Spanish and English by A. Named entity extractors
breaking a stream of text into phrases or words? B. Other extractors
* C. Standard tokenizer
D. Multilingual tokenizer
Question : Which two commands are used to load data into an existing Big SQL table from * A. Load
HDFS? (Choose two.) B. Table
(Please select ALL that apply) C. Select
* D. Insert
E. Create
Which command should you use to set the default schema in a Big SQL table and also create A. default
the schema if it does not exist? B. create
C. format
* D. use
What is missing from the following statement when querying a remote table? CREATE A. TABLE
_______ FOR remotetable1 … B. VIEW
* C. NICKNAME
D. INDEX
What are two major business advantages of using BigSheets? (Choose two.) * A. built-in data readers for multiple formats
(Please select ALL that apply) * B. spreadsheet-like querying and discovery interface
C. command-line-driven data analysis
D. feature rich programming environment
Where should you build extractors in the Information Extraction Web Tool? A. Documents
* B. Canvas
C. Property pane
D. Regular expression
In which text analytics phase are extractors developed and tested? A. Analysis
* B. Rule Development
C. Production
D. Performance Tuning
Which action is performed during the Reduce step of a MapReduce v1 processing cycle? * A. Intermediate results are aggregated.
B. The TaskTracker distributes the job to the cluster.
C. The initial problem is broken into pieces.
D. The JobTrackers execute their assigned tasks.
What are two benefits of using the IBM Big SQL processing engine? (Choose two.) A. Core functionality is written in Java for portability.
(Please select ALL that apply) B. The system is built to be started and stopped on demand.
* C. Various data storage formats are supported.
* D. It provides access to Hadoop data using SQL.
An organization is developing a proof-of-concept for a big data system. Which phase of the big * A. Engage
data adoption cycle is the company currently in? B. Execute
C. Explore
D. Educate
Which feature in a Big SQL federation is a library to access a particular type of data source? A. server
B. table
C. view
* D. wrapper
What is a feature of Apache ZooKeeper? A. generates shell programs for running components of Hadoop
B. monitors log files of cluster members
* C. maintains configuration information for a cluster
D. performance tunes a running cluster
What does the bucketing feature of Hive do? * A. sub-partitioning/grouping of data by hash within partitions
B. allows data to be stored in arrays
C. splits data into collections based on ranges
D. distributes the data dynamically for faster processing
What advantage does the Text Analytics Web UI give you? * A. It generates the AQL syntax for you.
B. It allows only single data types.
C. It allows only one type of file extension.
D. It teaches you how to write AQL syntax.
Which AQL candidate rule combines tuples from two views with the same schema? A. Blocks
B. Select
* C. Union
D. Sequence
Data collected within your organization has a short period of time when it is relevant. Which * A. Velocity
characteristic of a big data system does this represent? B. Validation
C. Variety
D. Volume
Assuming the same data is stored in multiple data formats, which format will provide faster * A. Parquet
query execution and require the least amount of IO operations to process? B. XML
C. flat file
D. JSON
Which feature of Text Analytics allows you to rollback your extractors when necessary? * A. Snapshots
B. Standard tokenizer
C. Scalar functions
D. Multilingual tokenizer
What defines a relation in an AQL extractor? * A. a view
B. a row
C. a schema
D. a column
Which command must be run after compiling a Java program so it can run on the Hadoop * A. jar cf name.jar *.class
cluster? B. hadoop classpath
C. jar tf name.jar
D. rm hadoop.class
What type of NoSQL datastore does HBase fall into? A. document
B. key-value
* C. column
D. graph
Which data inconsistency may appear while using ZooKeeper? A. excessively stale data views
* B. simultaneously inconsistent cross-client views
C. unreliable client updates across the cluster
D. out-of-order updates across clients
What is required to run an EXPLAIN statement in Big SQL? A. the explainable-sql-statement clause
B. the SYSPROC.SYSINSTALLOBJECT procedure
* C. proper authorization
D. a rule
Which command must be run first to become the HDFS user? * A. su - hdfs
B. hadoop fs
C. pwd
D. hdfs
Which Big SQL file format is human readable and supported by most tools, but is the least * A. Delimited
efficient file format? B. Parquet
C. Sequence
D. Avro
What is the default install location for the IBM Open Data Platform on Linux? A. /opt/ibm/iop
B. /var/iop
C. /usr/local/iop
* D. /usr/iop
You need to populate a Big SQL table to test an operation. Which INSERT statement is A. INSERT INTO ... SELECT FROM ...
recommended for testing, only because it does not support parallel reads or writes? * B. INSERT INTO ... VALUES (...)
C. INSERT INTO ... SELECT …
D. INSERT INTO ... SELECT ... WHERE …
Which command is used to launch an interactive Apache Spark shell? A. scala --spark
B. hadoop spark
C. spark
* D. spark-shell
Which data inconsistency may appear while using ZooKeeper? A. excessively stale data views
B. simultaneously inconsistent cross-client views
C. out-of-order updates across clients
D. unreliable client updates across the cluster
Which statement will create a table with parquet files? A. CREATE HADOOP TABLE T ( i int, s VARCHAR(10)) STORED AS PARQUET;
B. CREATE HADOOP TABLE T ( i int, s VARCHAR(10)) SAVE AS PARQUETFILE;
* C. CREATE HADOOP TABLE T ( i int, s VARCHAR(10)) STORED AS PARQUETFILE;.
D. CREATE HADOOP TABLE T ( i int, s VARCHAR(10)) SAVE AS PARQUET;
What are extractors transformed into when they are executed? A. Candidate generation statements
B. BigSheets function statements
* C. Annotated Query Language (AQL) statements
D. Online Analytical Programming (OLAP) statements
You need to set up the command-line interface JSqsh to connect to a bigsql database. What is A. Run the $JSQSH_HOME/bin/JSQSH script.
the recommended method to set up the connection? B. Run the JSqsh driver wizard.
C. Modify database parameters in the .jsqsh/connections.xml file.
* D. Run the JSqsh connection wizard.
How will the following column mapping command be encoded? cf_data:full_names mapped A. Hex
by (last_name, First_name) separator ',' B. Character
C. Binary
* D. String
Which underlying data representation and access method does Big SQL use? * A. Hive
B. TINYINT
C. MAP
D. SMALLINT
What does the MLlib component of Apache Spark support? * A. scalable machine learning
B. graph computation
C. SQL and HiveQL
D. stream processing
When creating a new table in Big SQL, what additional keyword is used in the CREATE TABLE A. dfs
statement to create the table in HDFS? * B. hadoop
C. replicated
D. cloud
What does the federation feature of Big SQL allow? A. tuning server hardware performance
B. importing data into HDFS
C. rewriting statements for better execution performance
* D. querying multiple data sources in one statement
A Hadoop file listing is performed and one of the output lines is: -rw-r--r-- 5 biadmin biadmin A. permissions
871233 2015-09-12 09:33 data.txt What does the 5 in the output represent? * B. replication factor
C. login id of the file owner
D. data size
What privilege is required to execute an EXPLAIN statement with INSERT privileges in Big SQL? A. SYSMON authority
B. SECADM authority
* C. SQLADM authority
D. SYSCTRL authority
You have a very large Hadoop file system. You need to work on the data without migrating the A. MapReduce
data out or changing the data format. Which IBM tool should you use? * B. Big SQL
C. Data Server Manager
D. Pig
Which core component of the Hadoop framework is highly scalable and a common tool? A. Sqoop
B. Pig
* C. MapReduce
D. Hive
How can you reduce the memory usage of the ANALYZE command in Big SQL? A. Run everything in one batch.
B. Turn on distribution statistics.
* C. Run the command separately on different batches of columns.
D. Include all the columns in the batch.
What should you do in Text Analytics to fix an extractor that produces unwanted results? A. Re-create the extractors.
B. Remove results with a consolidation rule.
* C. Create a new filter.
D. Edit the properties of the sequence.
QUESTIONS REPONSES CORRECTION
A The list of deployments
B A list of your saved bookmarks
C The email address of the collaborator
You need to add a collaborator to your project. What do you need? D Your project ID c
A URL
B Scala
C File
Before you create a Jupyter notebook in Watson Studio, which two items are necessary? D Spark Instance
(Please select the TWO that apply) E Project de
A Database
B Wrapper
C Object Storage
Where does the unstructured data of a project reside in Watson Studio? D Tables c
A Watson Studio Desktop
B Watson Studio Cloud
C Watson Studio Business
Which Watson Studio offering used to be available through something known as IBM Bluemix? D Watson Studio Local b
A Data Assets
B Projects
C Collaborators
What is the architecture of Watson Studio centered on? D Analytic Assets b
A INSERT
B GRANT
C REVOKE
Which two commands would you use to give or remove certain privileges to/from a user? D LOAD
(Please select the TWO that apply) E SELECT bc
A4
B2
C1
How many Big SQL management node do you need at minimum? D3 c
A /apps/hive/warehouse/data
B /apps/hive/warehouse/bigsql
C /apps/hive/warehouse/
What is the default directory in HDFS where tables are stored? D /apps/hive/warehouse/schema c
A ./java mybigdata
B ./jsqsh mybigdata
C ./java tables
Using the Java SQL Shell, which command will connect to a database called mybigdata? D ./jsqsh go mybigdata b
A 777
B 755
C 700
Which directory permissions need to be set to allow all users to create their own schema? D 666 a
A Files
B Schemas
C Hives
What are Big SQL database tables organized into? D Directories b
A hdfs dfs -chmod 770 /hive/warehouse
B hdfs dfs -chmod 755 /hive/warehouse
C hdfs dfs -chmod 700 /hive/warehouse
You have a distributed file system (DFS) and need to set permissions on the the /hive/warehouseDdirectory
hdfs dfs to
-chmod
allow 666
access
/hive/warehouse
to ONLY the bigsql user. Which command would you run? c
A It grants or revokes certain user privileges.
B It grants or revokes certain directory privileges.
C It limits the rows or columns returned based on certain criteria.
Which definition best describes RCAC? D It limits access by using views and stored procedures. c
A A data type of a column describing its value.
B The defined format and rules around a delimited file.
C A container for any record format.
Which statement best describes a Big SQL database table? D A directory with zero or more data files. d
A Big SQL can exploit advanced features
B Data interchange outside Hadoop
C Supported by multiple I/O engines
What is an advantage of the ORC file format? D Efficient compression d
A GRANT
B umask
C Kerberos
You need to determine the permission setting for a new schema directory. Which tool would youDuse?HDFS b
A Scheduler
B DSM
C Jupyter
Which tool would you use to create a connection to your Big SQL database? D Ambari b
A bigsql.alltables.io.doAs
B DB2COMPOPT
C DB2_ATS_ENABLE
You need to enable impersonation. Which two properties in the bigsql-conf.xml file need to be marked true?
D $BIGSQL_HOME/conf
(Please select the TWO that apply) E bigsql.impersonation.create.table.grant.public ae
A CREATE AS parquet
B STORED AS parquetfile
C STORED AS parquet
You are creating a new table and need to format it with parquet. Which partial SQL statement would
D CREATE
createASthe
parquetfile
table in parquet format? b
A TRANSLATE FUNCTION
B CREATE FUNCTION
C ALTER MODULE ADD FUNCTION
Which command creates a user-defined schema function? D ALTER MODULE PUBLISH FUNCTION b
A YARN
B Spark
C Pig
Which Apache Hadoop application provides an SQL-like interface to allow abstraction of data on semi-structured
D Hive data in a Hadoop datastore? d
A A messaging system for real-time data pipelines.
B A wizard for installing Hadoop services on host servers.
C Moves information to/from structured databases.
Which description characterizes a function provided by Apache Ambari? D Moves large amounts of streaming event data. b
A Writes to a leader server will always succeed.
B All servers keep a copy of the shared data in memory.
C There can be more than one leader server at a time.
Which statement accurately describes how ZooKeeper works? D Clients connect to multiple servers at the same time. b
A MemcacheD
B CouchDB
C Riak
Which NoSQL datastore type began as an implementation of Google's BigTable that can store anyDtype
Hbaseof data and scale to many petabytes? d
A It is a powerful platform for managing large volumes of structured data.
B It is designed specifically for IBM Big Data customers.
C It is a Hadoop distribution based on a centralized architecture with YARN at its core.
Which statement is true about Hortonworks Data Platform (HDP)? D It is engineered and developed by IBM's BigInsights team. c
A Pig
B Hive
C Python
What is the name of the Hadoop-related Apache project that utilizes an in-memory architecture to
D Spark
run applications faster than MapReduce? d
A It runs on Hadoop clusters with RAM drives configured on each DataNode.
B It supports HDFS, MS-SQL, and Oracle.
C It is much faster than MapReduce for complex applications on disk.
Which statement about Apache Spark is true? D It features APIs for C++ and .NET. c
A It determines the size and distribution of data split in the Map phase.
B It aggregates all input data before it goes through the Map phase.
C It reduces the amount of data that is sent to the Reducer task nodes.
Which statement is true about the Combiner phase of the MapReduce architecture? D It is performed after the Reducer phase to produce the final output. c
A MapReduce v1 APIs cannot be used with YARN.
B MapReduce v1 APIs provide a flexible execution environment to run MapReduce.
C MapReduce v1 APIs are implemented by applications which are largely independent of the execution environment.
Which statement is true about MapReduce v1 APIs? D MapReduce v1 APIs define how MapReduce jobs are executed. c
A Hive
B Cloudbreak
C Big SQL
D MapReduce
Hadoop 2 consists of which three open-source sub-projects maintained by the Apache Software Foundation?
E HDFS
(Please select the THREE that apply) F YARN def
A Authorization Provider
B Ambari Alert Framework
C Postgres RDBMS
Which component of the Apache Ambari architecture integrates with an organization's LDAP or Active
D RESTDirectory
API service? a
A Authenticating and auditing user access.
B Loading bulk data into an Hadoop cluster.
What are two services provided by ZooKeeper? C Maintaining configuration information.
(Please select the TWO that apply) D Providing distributed synchronization. cd
A Sesame
B Neo4j
C MongoDB
What is an example of a Key-value type of NoSQL datastore? D REDIS d
A MLlib
B RDD
C Mesos
Which Spark Core function provides the main element of Spark API? D YARN b
A org.apache.mr
B org.apache.hadoop.mr
C org.apache.hadoop.mapred
Which is the java class prefix for the MapReduce v1 APIs? D org.apache.mapreduce c
A SSD
B JBOD
C RAID
Which hardware feature on an Hadoop datanode is recommended for cost efficient performance?
D LVM b
A ApplicationMaster
B JobMaster
C TaskManager
Under the YARN/MRv2 framework, the JobTracker functions are split into which two daemons? D ScheduleManager
(Please select the TWO that apply) E ResourceManager ae
A The number of rows to commit per transaction.
B The number of rows to send to each mapper.
C The table name to export from the database.
What does the split-by parameter tell Sqoop? D The column to use as the primary key. d
A Ambari
B Google File System
C HBase
Hadoop uses which two Google technologies as its foundation? D YARN
(Please select the TWO that apply) E MapReduce be
A Requires extremely rapid processing.
B Data is processed in batch.
Which two are attributes of streaming data? C Simple, numeric data.
(Please select the TWO that apply) D Sent in high volume. ad
Which statement accurately describes how ZooKeeper works? All servers keep a copy of the shared data in memory.
SequenceFiles
A API and perimeter security.
B Management of Kerberos in the cluster.
What two security functions does Apache Knox provide? C Proxying services.
(Please select the TWO that apply) D Database field access auditing. ac
A REDIS
B HBase
C Cassandra
What is an example of a NoSQL datastore of the "Document Store" type? D MongoDB d
A Hive
B Sqoop
C Pig
Which Apache Hadoop application provides a high-level programming language for data transformation
D Zookeeper
on unstructured data? c
A Big Data
B Big Match
C Big Replicate
D Big SQL
What are three IBM value-add components to the Hortonworks Data Platform (HDP)? E Big YARN
(Please select the THREE that apply) F Big Index bcd
A Accumulo
B HBase
C Oozie
Which Hadoop ecosystem tool can import data into a Hadoop cluster from a DB2, MySQL, or otherD Sqoop
databases? d
A Data Protection
B Speed
C Resiliency
Which three are a part of the Five Pillars of Security? D Audit
(Please select the THREE that apply) E Administration ade
A MLlib
B Mesos
C Spark SQL
Which component of the Spark Unified Stack allows developers to intermix structured database queries
D Java with Spark's programming language? c
A Hadoop YARN
B Apache Mesos
C Nomad
Apache Spark can run on which two of the following cluster managers? D Linux Cluster Manager
(Please select the TWO that apply) E oneSIS ab
A Suitable for transaction processing.
B Libraries that support SQL queries.
C APIs for Scala, Python, C++, and .NET.
Which feature makes Apache Spark much easier to use than MapReduce? D Applications run in-memory. b
A Run Sqoop using the vi editor.
B Use the --import-command line argument.
What are two ways the command-line parameters for a Sqoop invocation can be simplified? C Include the --options-file command line argument.
(Please select the TWO that apply) D Place the commands in a file. cd
A NodeChildrenChanged
B NodeDeleted
Which two are valid watches for ZNodes in ZooKeeper? C NodeExpired
(Please select the TWO that apply) D NodeRefreshed ab
A ResourceManager
B JobMaster
C ScheduleManager
Under the YARN/MRv2 framework, which daemon arbitrates the execution of tasks among all theDapplications
ApplicationMaster
in the system? a
A NiFi
B Hortonworks Data Flow
C Druid
What is the preferred replacement for Flume? D Storm b
A Use the -mapper 1 parameter.
B Use the --limit mapper=1 parameter.
C Use the -m 1 parameter.
How can a Sqoop invocation be constrained to only run one mapper? D Use the --single parameter. c
A Reduce
B Map
C Combiner
Under the MapReduce v1 programming model, which optional phase is executed simultaneouslyDwith Splitthe Shuffle phase? c
A Acquisition
B Manipulation
C Exploration
What is the first step in a data science pipeline? D Analytics a
A Holding the output of a computation.
B Configuring data connections.
C Documenting the computational process.
What is a markdown cell used for in a data science notebook? D Writing code to transform data. c
A Common desktop app.
B Database interface.
C Linux SSH session.
What does the user interface for Jupyter look like to a user? D App in web browser. d
A To display a simple bar chart of data on the screen.
B To collect video for use in streaming data applications.
C To perform certain data transformation quickly.
Why might a data scientist need a particular kind of GPU (graphics processing unit)? D To input commands to a data science notebook. c
A %dirmagic
B %lsmagic
C %list-magic
What command is used to list the "magic" commands in Jupyter? D %list-all-magic b
A The list of deployments
B A list of your saved bookmarks
You need to add a collaborator to your project. What do you need? C The email address of the collaborator
Your answer D Your project ID c
A record locking
B batch processing
C machine learning
D transaction processing
Apache Spark provides a single, unifying platform for which three of the following types of operations?
E graph operations
(Please select the THREE that apply) F ACID transactions bce
A Scala
B Python
C Java
D .NET
Which three programming languages are directly supported by Apache Spark? E C#
(Please select the THREE that apply) F C++ a / c/b
A Map -> Split -> Reduce -> Combine
Under the MapReduce v1 programming model, which shows the proper order of the full set of MapReduce phases?
D Split -> Map -> Combine -> Reduce b
A ResourceManager
B JobMaster
C ApplicationMaster
Under the YARN/MRv2 framework, which daemon is tasked with negotiating with the NodeManager(s) D TaskManager
to execute and monitor tasks? c
A Collector
B Source
C Stream
What is the final agent in a Flume chain named? D Agent a
A Availability
B Authorization
What are two security features Apache Ranger provides? C Authentication
(Please select the TWO that apply) D Auditing bd
A Worker nodes store results on their own local file systems.
B Data is aggregated by worker nodes.
C Worker nodes process pieces in parallel.
Under the MapReduce v1 programming model, what happens in a "Reduce" step? D Input is split into pieces. b
A MapReduce
B Spark
C HBase
Which Apache Hadoop component can potentially replace an RDBMS as a large Hadoop datastoreD and Ambari
is particularly good for "sparse data"? c
A RCFile
B SequenceFiles
C Flat
Which data encoding format supports exact storage of all data in binary representations such as VARBINARY
D Parquet columns? b
A One time export and import of a database.
B An application evaluating sensor data in real-time.
C A system that stores many records in a database.
Which statement describes an example of an application using streaming data? D A web application that supports 10,000 users. b
A Scalability
B Resource utilization
C TaskTrackers can be a bottleneck to MapReduce jobs
What are two primary limitations of MapReduce v1? D Number of TaskTrackers limited to 1,000
(Please select the TWO that apply E Workloads limited to MapReduce ab
A RAM
B network
C CPU
Which component of an Hadoop system is the primary cause of poor performance? D disk latency d
A Partial failure of the nodes during execution.
B Finding a particular node within the cluster.
What are two common issues in distributed systems? C Reduced performance when compared to a single server.
(Please select the TWO that apply) D Distributed systems are harder to scale up. ab
A Ambari Metrics System
B Ambari Alert Framework
C Ambari Server
Which component of the Apache Ambari architecture provides statistical data to the dashboard about
D Ambari
the performance
Wizard of a Hadoop cluster? a
A Impersonation
B Grant/Revoke privileges
C Fluid query
Which Big SQL feature allows users to join a Hadoop data set to data in external databases? D Integration c
A Data source
B User mapping
C Nickname
When connecting to an external database in a federation, you need to use the correct database driver
D Wrapper
and protocol. What is this federation component called in Big SQL? d
A Parsing and loading data into a notebook.
B Autoconfiguring data connections using a registry.
C Extending the core language with shortcuts.
What is a "magic" command used for in Jupyter? D Running common statistical analyses. c
A RAID-0
B Online Transactional Processing
C Parallel Processing
Which computing technology provides Hadoop's high performance D Online Analytical Processing c
A ScheduleManager
B ResourceManager
C ApplicationMaster
Under the YARN/MRv2 framework, the Scheduler and ApplicationsManager are components of which D TaskManager
daemon? b
A large number of small data files
B solid state disks
C immediate failover of failed disks
D high-speed networking between nodes
which two factors in a Hadoop cluster increase performance most significantly? E data redundancy on management nodes
(Please select the TWO that apply) F parallel reading of large data files ok d/F
A MapReduce
B YARN
C HDFS
Which component of the Hortonworks Data Platform (HDP) is the architectural center of HadoopDand Hbase
provides resource management and a central platform for Hadoop applications? b
A Ambari Alert Framework
B Ambari Wizard
C Ambari Metrics System
If a Hadoop node goes down, which Ambari component will notify the Administrator? D REST API a
A Code
B Kernel
C Output
Which type of cell can be used to document and comment on a process in a Jupyter notebook? D Markdown d
A Notebooks can be used by multiple people at the same time.
B Users must authenticate before using a notebook.
C Notebooks can be connected to big data engines such as Spark.
Which is an advantage that Zeppelin holds over Jupyter? D Zeppelin is able to use the R language. a
A Jaql
B Fault tolerance through HDFS replication
C Adaptive MapReduce
Which capability does IBM BigInsights add to enrich Hadoop? D Parallel computing on commodity servers c
A value
B volume
C verifiability
What is one of the four characteristics of Big Data? D volatility b
A Hadoop Common
B Hadoop HBase
C MapReduce
Which Hadoop-related project provides common utilities and libraries that support other HadoopDsub BigTable
projects? a
A Federated Discovery and Navigation
B Text Analysis
C Stream Computing
Which type of Big Data analysis involves the processing of extremely large volumes of constantly moving
D MapReduce
data that is impractical to store? c
A 64-bit architecture
B disk latency
C MIPS
Which primary computing bottleneck of modern computers is addressed by Hadoop? D limited disk capacity b
A stream computing
B data warehousing
C analytics
Which Big Data function improves the decision-making capabilities of organizations by enabling the D distributed
organizationsfileto
system
interpret and evaluate structured and unstructured data in search of valuable
c business information?
A HBase
B Apache
C Jaql
What is one of the two technologies that Hadoop uses as its foundation? D MapReduce d
A a high throughput, shared file system
B high availability of the NameNode
C data access performed by an RDBMS
What key feature does HDFS 2.0 provide that HDFS does not? D random access to data in the cluster b
A LOAD
B JOIN
C TOP
What are two of the core operators that can be used in a Jaql query? (Select two.) D SELECT bc
A SQL-like
B compiled language
C object oriented
Which type of language is Pig? D data flow d
A hdfs.conf
B hadoop-configuration.xml
C hadoop.conf
If you need to change the replication factor or increase the default storage block size, which file do
D you
hdfs-site.xml
need to modify? d
A The file(s) must be stored on the local file system where the map reduce job was developed.
B The file(s) must be stored in HDFS or GPFS.
C The file(s) must be stored on the JobTracker.
To run a MapReduce job on the BigInsights cluster, which statement about the input file(s) must be D No
true?
matter where the input files are before, they will be automatically copied to where the b job runs.
A operating system independence
B posix compliance
C no single point of failure
What is a characteristic of IBM GPFS that distinguishes it from other distributed file systems? D blocks that are stored on different nodes b
A Pig is used for creating MapReduce programs.
B Pig has a shelf interface for executing commands.
C Pig is not designed for random reads/writes or low-latency queries.
Which statement represents a difference between Pig and Hive? D Pig uses Load, Transform, and Store. d
A hdfs -dir mydata
B hadoop fs -mkdir mydata
C hadoop fs -dir mydata
Which command helps you create a directory called mydata on HDFS? D mkdir mydata b
A Reduce
B Shuffle
C Combine
In which step of a MapReduce job is the output stored on the local disk? D Map d
A Worker nodes process individual data segments in parallel.
B Worker nodes store results in the local file system.
C Input data is split into smaller pieces.
Under the MapReduce programming model, which task is performed by the Reduce step? D Data is aggregated by worker nodes. d
A Reducer
B JobScheduler
C TaskTracker
Which element of the MapReduce architecture runs map and reduce jobs? D JobTracker c
A spread data across a cluster of computers
B provide structure to unstructured or semi-structured data
C increase storage capacity through advanced compression algorithms
What is one of the two driving principles of MapReduce? D provide a platform for highly efficient transaction processing a
A Cluster
B Distributed
C Remote
D Debugging
When running a MapReduce job from Eclipse, which BigInsights execution models are available? (Select
E Localtwo.) ae
A The number of reducers is always equal to the number of mappers.
B The number of mappers and reducers can be configured by modifying the mapred-site.xml file.
C The number of mappers and reducers is decided by the NameNode.
Which statement is true regarding the number of mappers and reducers configured in a cluster? D The number of mappers must be equal to the number of nodes in a cluster. b
A hadoop size
B hdfs -du
C hdfs fs size
Which command displays the sizes of files and directories contained in the given directory, or the Dlength
hadoop
of afsfile,
-duin case it is just a file? d
A three
B two
C one
Following the most common HDFS replica placement policy, when the replication factor is three, how D none
many replicas will be located on the local rack? c
A copies Job Resources to the shared file system
B coordinates the job execution
C executes the map and reduce functions
In the MapReduce processing model, what is the main function performed by the JobTracker? D assigns tasks to each cluster node b
A Both are data flow languages.
B Both require schema.
C Both use Jaql query language.
How are Pig and Jaql query languages similar? D Both are developed primarily by IBM. a
A to manage storage attached to nodes
B to coordinate MapReduce jobs
C to regulate client access to files
Under the HDFS architecture, what is one purpose of the NameNode? D to periodically report status to DataNode c
A hadoop fs list
B hdfs root
C hadoop fs -Is /
Which command should be used to list the contents of the root directory in HDFS? D hdfs list / c
A runs map and reduce tasks
B keeps the work physically close to the data
C reports status of DataNodes
What is one function of the JobTracker in MapReduce? D manages storage b
A built-in UDFs and indexing
B platform-specific SQL libraries
C an RDBMS such as DB2 or MySQL
In addition to the high-level language Pig Latin, what is a primary component of the Apache Pig platform?
D runtime environment d
A Data is accessed through MapReduce.
B Data is designed for random access read/write.
C Data can be processed over long distances without a decrease in performance.
Which statement is true about Hadoop Distributed File System (HDFS)? D Data can be created, updated and deleted. a
A managing customer information in a CRM database
B sentiment analytics from social media blogs
C product cost analysis from accounting systems
Which is a use-case for Text Analytics? D health insurance cost/benefit analysis from payroll data b
A BigSheets client
B Microsoft Excel
C Eclipse
Which tool is used to access BigSheets? D Web Browser d
A Hive metastore
B RDBMS
C MapReduce
Which technology does Big SQL utilize for access to shared catalogs? D HCatalog a
A display view <view_name>
B return view <view_name>
C output view <view_name>
Which statement will make an AQL view have content displayed? D export view <view_name> c
A Text Analytics
B Stream Computing
C Data Warehousing
You work for a hosting company that has data centers spread across North America. You are trying D Temporal
to resolveAnalysis
a critical performance problem in which a large number of web servers are performing
a far below expectations. You know that the info
A Thrift client
B Hive shell
C Hive SQL client
Which utility provides a command-line interface for Hive? D Hive Eclipse plugin b
A It is a data flow language for structured data based on Ansi-SQL.
B It is a distributed file system that replicates data across a cluster.
C It is an open source implementation of Google's BigTable.
What is an accurate description of HBase? D It is a database schema for unstructured Big Data. c
A BigSQL
B BigSheets
C Avro
Which Hadoop-related technology provides a user-friendly interface, which enables business users
D HBase
to easily analyze Big Data? b
A Text Analytics is the most common way to derive value from Big Data.
B MapReduce is unable to process unstructured text.
C Data warehouses contain potentially valuable information.
What drives the demand for Text Analytics? D Most of the world's data is in unstructured or semi-structured text. d
A An external table refers an existing location outside the warehouse directory.
B An external table refers to a table that cannot be dropped.
C An external table refers to the data from a remote database.
In Hive, what is the difference between an external table and a Hive managed table? D An external table refers to the data stored on the local file system. a
A It provides all the capabilities of an RDBMS plus the ability to manage Big Data.
B It is a database technology that does not use the traditional relational model.
C It is based on the highly scalable Google Compute Engine.
Which statement about NoSQL is true? D It is an IBM project designed to enable DB2 to manage Big Data. b
A "Copy" to create a new sheet with the other workbook data in the current workbook
B "Group" to bring together the two workbooks
C "Load" to create a new sheet with the other workbook data in the current workbook
If you need to JOIN data from two workbooks, which operation should be performed beforehand? D "Add" to add the other workbook data to the current workbook c
A to get detailed information about the table
B to view data in an Hbase table
C to report any inconsistencies in the database
What is the "scan" command used for in HBase? D to list all tables in Hbase c
A Eclipse with BigInsights tools for Eclipse plugin
B BigInsights Console with AQL plugin
C AQLBuilder
Which tool is used for developing a BigInsights Text Analytics extractor? D AQL command line a
A Pre-create regions by specifying splits in create table command and use the insert command to load data.
B Pre-create regions by specifying splits in create table command and bulk loading the data.
C Pre-create the column families when creating the table and use the put command to load the data.
What is the most efficient way to load 700MB of data when you create a new HBase table? D Pre-create the column families when creating the table and bulk loading the data. b
The following sequence of commands is executed:
create 'table_1','column_family1','column_family2'
put 'table_1','row1','column_family1:c11','r1v11'
put 'table_1','row2','column_family1:c12','r1v12'
put 'table_1','row2','column_family2:c21','r1v21'
put 'table_1','row3','column_family1:d11','r1v11' A4
put 'table_1','row2','column_family1:d12','r1v12' B3
put 'table_1','row2','column_family2:d21','r1v21' C6
In HBase, which value will the "count 'table_1'" command return? D2 b
A TRANSFORM
B SELECT
C GET
Which Hive command is used to query a table? D EXPAND b
A because SQL enhances query performance
B because the MapReduce Java API is sometimes difficult to use
C because data stored in a Hadoop cluster lends itself to structured SQL queries
Why develop SQL-based query languages that can access Hadoop data sets? D because the data stored in Hadoop is always structured b
A It allows Hadoop to apply the schema-on-ingest model to unstructured Big Data.
B It allows an RDBMS to maintain referential integrity on a Hadoop data set.
C It allows customers to leverage high-end server platforms to manage Big Data.
Which key benefit does NoSQL provide? D It can cost-effectively manage data sets too large for traditional RDBMS. d
A Hadoop data is highly structured.
B Data is in many formats.
C Data is located on a distributed file system.
What makes SQL access to Hadoop data difficult? D Hadoop requires pre-defined schema. b
A list tables
B describe tables
C show all
Which command can be used in Hive to list the tables available in a database/schema? D show tables d
A to count the number of columns of a table
B to count the number of column families of a table
C to count the number of rows in a table
In HBase, what is the "count" command used for? D to count the number of regions of a table c
A HBase
B Pig
C Jaql
Which Hadoop-related technology supports analysis of large datasets stored in HDFS using an SQL-like
D Hivequery language? d
A They need to be marked as "Shared."
B They need to be copied under the user home directory.
C They need to be deployed with proper privileges.
How can the applications published to BigInsights Web Console be made available for users to execute?
D They need to be linked with the master application. c
A Eclipse
B Oozie
C Jaql
Which component of Apache Hadoop is used for scheduling and running workflow jobs? D Task Launcher b
A validater
B replicater
C crawler
What is one of the main components of Watson Explorer (InfoSphere Data Explorer)? D compressor c
A analyze and react to data in motion before it is stored
B find and analyze historical stream data stored on disk
C analyze and summarize product sentiments posted to social media
IBM InfoSphere Streams is designed to accomplish which Big Data function? D execute ad-hoc queries against a Hadoop-based data warehouse c
A InfoSphere Information Server
B InfoSphere Streams
C InfoSphere BigInsights
Which IBM Big Data solution provides low-latency analytics for processing data-in-motion? D PureData for Analytics b
A Avro
B HBase
C Eclipse
Which IBM tool enables BigInsights users to develop, test and publish BigInsights applications? D BigInsights Applications Catalog c
A enabling customers to efficiently index and access large volumes of data
B gaining new insight through the capabilities of the world's interconnected intelligence
C providing solutions to help customers manage and grow large database systems
Which description identifies the real value of Big Data and Analytics? D using modern technology to efficiently store the massive amounts of data generated by social
b networks
Sqoop
Which Hadoop ecosystem tool can import data into a Hadoop cluster from a DB2, MySQL, or other databases?
HBase
Which NoSQL datastore type began as an implementation of Google's BigTable that can store any type of data and scale to many petabytes?
A Parallel Processing
B Online Analytical Processing
C Online Transactional Processing
Which computing technology provides Hadoop's high performance? D RAID-0 a