Practice Copying (shuffle) (1.1.2.3) - Cloud Applications: MapReduce, Spark, and Apache Kafka
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Copying (Shuffle)

Practice - Copying (Shuffle)

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Practice Questions

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Question 1 Easy

What does the Shuffle phase do in MapReduce?

💡 Hint: Think about how data is grouped for processing.

Question 2 Easy

What is the purpose of partitioning in the Shuffle phase?

💡 Hint: Consider load balancing.

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Question 1

The Shuffle phase in MapReduce is responsible for:

Grouping values related to the same key
Aggregating final results
Storing intermediate data

💡 Hint: Consider which phase prepares data for the Reducer.

Question 2

True or False: Sorting in the Shuffle phase brings all values for a key together to optimize processing.

True
False

💡 Hint: Focus on efficiency in data handling.

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Challenge 1 Hard

Consider a dataset where the distribution of keys is highly skewed. Discuss how this would affect the Shuffle phase and suggest possible solutions.

💡 Hint: Focus on workload uniform distribution.

Challenge 2 Hard

What would be the consequence if the Shuffle phase inadvertently drops intermediate key-value pairs? Analyze the impact on the final Reduce results.

💡 Hint: Consider data integrity through the phases.

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