13.3 - Apache Spark
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Practice Questions
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What does RDD stand for?
💡 Hint: Think of it as a collection of data distributed across a cluster.
List one advantage of using Apache Spark.
💡 Hint: Consider how it compares to Hadoop.
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What is a major feature of Apache Spark?
💡 Hint: Think about how data is utilized within the framework.
True or False: Apache Spark only supports batch processing.
💡 Hint: Remember the flexibility Spark provides in data handling.
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Challenge Problems
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Design a simple Spark application architecture that combines Spark SQL and MLlib to analyze housing prices based on various features.
💡 Hint: Consider how you would structure data and which variables would be important.
Identify how Spark's lazy evaluation feature can be beneficial in optimizing performance during data processing.
💡 Hint: Think about how planning can save resources.
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