Practice Introduction to Spark: General-Purpose Cluster Computing - 2 | Week 8: Cloud Applications: MapReduce, Spark, and Apache Kafka | Distributed and Cloud Systems Micro Specialization
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2 - Introduction to Spark: General-Purpose Cluster Computing

Learning

Practice Questions

Test your understanding with targeted questions related to the topic.

Question 1

Easy

What does RDD stand for?

πŸ’‘ Hint: Think about the key features Spark provides.

Question 2

Easy

What is one advantage of Spark over MapReduce?

πŸ’‘ Hint: Consider how data is handled differently.

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 is Spark primarily used for?

  • Real-time processing
  • Batch processing
  • Machine Learning
  • All of the above

πŸ’‘ Hint: Consider the versatility of Spark in data analytics.

Question 2

True or False: RDDs can be modified after creation.

  • True
  • False

πŸ’‘ Hint: Think about how RDDs maintain integrity.

Solve 1 more question and get performance evaluation

Challenge Problems

Push your limits with challenges.

Question 1

Consider a scenario where a Spark application processes IoT sensor data in real time. How would you design its RDD transformations and actions to optimize performance?

πŸ’‘ Hint: Think about how you can utilize transformations to filter data before invoking actions.

Question 2

Imagine you need to retrain a machine learning model using historical data. How would you leverage Spark's capabilities with RDDs for such a task?

πŸ’‘ Hint: Consider how transformations could be employed in pre-processing data for your model training.

Challenge and get performance evaluation