Practice Input Processing - 1.1.1.1 | Week 8: Cloud Applications: MapReduce, Spark, and Apache Kafka | Distributed and Cloud Systems Micro Specialization
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1.1.1.1 - Input Processing

Learning

Practice Questions

Test your understanding with targeted questions related to the topic.

Question 1

Easy

What are the two primary phases of MapReduce?

πŸ’‘ Hint: Think about how MapReduce processes data.

Question 2

Easy

What does RDD stand for in Spark?

πŸ’‘ Hint: Focus on the main data structure used by Spark.

Practice 4 more questions and get performance evaluation

Interactive Quizzes

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

Question 1

What are the two main phases of MapReduce?

  • Map and Reduce
  • Shuffle and Sort
  • Input and Output

πŸ’‘ Hint: Think about the structure of the processing workflow.

Question 2

True or False: Kafka allows consumers to re-read messages even after they have been consumed.

  • True
  • False

πŸ’‘ Hint: Consider the characteristics of message storage.

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Challenge Problems

Push your limits with challenges.

Question 1

You have a large dataset of sales transactions. How would you implement a MapReduce job to calculate total sales for each product?

πŸ’‘ Hint: Focus on the flow of data from mapping to reducing.

Question 2

Using Spark, explain how you would optimize a job initially written for MapReduce that relies heavily on disk reads.

πŸ’‘ Hint: Think about how in-memory processing affects efficiency.

Challenge and get performance evaluation