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Hadoop vs. Spark

13.4 - Hadoop vs. Spark

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Practice Questions

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Question 1 Easy

What type of processing is Hadoop primarily designed for?

💡 Hint: Think about what Hadoop processes over time.

Question 2 Easy

What does Spark primarily use for fast data handling?

💡 Hint: Consider how data is stored during processing.

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Question 1

What processing type is Hadoop primarily suited for?

Real-time
Batch
Both

💡 Hint: Think about how data is processed over time.

Question 2

Apache Spark offers better performance than Hadoop due to which feature?

True
False

💡 Hint: What method does Spark use to handle data during processing?

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Challenge 1 Hard

Suppose you are tasked with building a data warehousing solution for a large retail company that performs both historical data analysis and needs real-time updates on customer interactions. Which technology would you choose? Justify your selection.

💡 Hint: Consider the processing needs and customer interaction speed.

Challenge 2 Hard

You have been given a dataset of millions of images for a machine learning project. Which of the two frameworks would provide better capabilities for iterative learning tasks, and why?

💡 Hint: Look at the performance characteristics of both frameworks.

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