Practice - Reduce Phase
Practice Questions
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What does the Reduce phase do in MapReduce?
💡 Hint: Think about how the results from the first step are combined.
What is the output format of a reducer?
💡 Hint: Consider how you would represent summarized information.
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Interactive Quizzes
Quick quizzes to reinforce your learning
What is the primary function of the Reduce phase in MapReduce?
💡 Hint: Consider what happens to data after it's been processed by the Map phase.
True or False: The output of the Reduce phase can be directly written back to HDFS.
💡 Hint: Think about where you would store the results after processing.
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Challenge Problems
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You have an incomplete dataset in the Reduce phase due to some mappers failing. Explain how you would handle this situation to ensure you still get accurate results.
💡 Hint: Remember how MapReduce handles failures.
Design a Reduce function for a scenario where you need to determine the median value from a sorted list of numbers for each key, not just the sum.
💡 Hint: Consider how to approach different statistical measures in your reducer functions.
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