Practice Design of Apache Cassandra: A Distributed Column-Family Store - 1.3 | Week 6: Cloud Storage: Key-value Stores/NoSQL | Distributed and Cloud Systems Micro Specialization
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Practice Questions

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Question 1

Easy

What is a key-value pair in the context of Cassandra?

πŸ’‘ Hint: Think about how data is structured in simple terms.

Question 2

Easy

Explain what a Bloom filter does.

πŸ’‘ Hint: Consider how this would enhance search efficiency.

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Interactive Quizzes

Engage in quick quizzes to reinforce what you've learned and check your comprehension.

Question 1

What unique role does the 'partition key' play in Cassandra?

  • Identifies data uniquely
  • Determines data distribution across nodes
  • Both A and B

πŸ’‘ Hint: Think about how Cassandra organizes its data in a distributed manner.

Question 2

True or False: Cassandra guarantees strong consistency.

  • True
  • False

πŸ’‘ Hint: Remember the CAP theorem in distributed systems context.

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Challenge Problems

Push your limits with challenges.

Question 1

If a company decides to scale its project using Cassandra while prioritizing both availability and consistency, how might they achieve this? Discuss possible configurations.

πŸ’‘ Hint: Reflect on the trade-offs involved in tuning the replication factors and consistency levels.

Question 2

Analyze the implications of eventual consistency in a real-world application where transactions are critical. What challenges might arise?

πŸ’‘ Hint: Consider the environments that cannot tolerate delays and how consistency might be managed there.

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