Practice Intermediate Output - 1.1.1.3 | Week 8: Cloud Applications: MapReduce, Spark, and Apache Kafka | Distributed and Cloud Systems Micro Specialization
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1.1.1.3 - Intermediate Output

Learning

Practice Questions

Test your understanding with targeted questions related to the topic.

Question 1

Easy

What does the Map phase in MapReduce do?

πŸ’‘ Hint: Think about how data is split and transformed.

Question 2

Easy

What is an RDD?

πŸ’‘ Hint: Consider what RDDs provide in terms of failure resilience.

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 does MapReduce primarily deal with?

  • Real-time data
  • Batch data
  • Streaming data

πŸ’‘ Hint: Consider the nature of the processing being done.

Question 2

Apache Spark improves over MapReduce by using:

  • In-memory processing
  • Disk-based processing

πŸ’‘ Hint: Think about the efficiency of data retrieval.

Solve 1 more question and get performance evaluation

Challenge Problems

Push your limits with challenges.

Question 1

Design a MapReduce job for analyzing sales records. Outline the mapping and reducing logic.

πŸ’‘ Hint: Think about how you can structure your keys and values effectively.

Question 2

How would you implement a data pipeline using Kafka to stream event logs from a web application to a storage solution?

πŸ’‘ Hint: Consider the flow of data from producers to consumers.

Challenge and get performance evaluation