Practice Spark Applications: A Unified Ecosystem for Diverse Workloads - 2.3 | Week 8: Cloud Applications: MapReduce, Spark, and Apache Kafka | Distributed and Cloud Systems Micro Specialization
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2.3 - Spark Applications: A Unified Ecosystem for Diverse Workloads

Learning

Practice Questions

Test your understanding with targeted questions related to the topic.

Question 1

Easy

What does RDD stand for, and what is its primary purpose in Spark?

πŸ’‘ Hint: Think about what RDD helps maintain in the face of failures.

Question 2

Easy

Name one library in Spark that allows working with structured data.

πŸ’‘ Hint: Remember the SQL concept related to databases.

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 RDD stand for?

  • A) Random Data Distribution
  • B) Resilient Distributed Dataset
  • C) Rapid Data Deployment

πŸ’‘ Hint: Focus on resilience and distribution concepts.

Question 2

True or False: Spark Streaming processes data in real-time using a micro-batching approach.

  • True
  • False

πŸ’‘ Hint: Consider how streaming versus traditional processing works.

Solve 1 more question and get performance evaluation

Challenge Problems

Push your limits with challenges.

Question 1

Design a small Spark application that uses at least two libraries (e.g., Spark SQL and MLlib) to process data and derive insights.

πŸ’‘ Hint: Think about how you would extract insights from a dataset while leveraging SQL queries to transform data and machine learning models to predict outcomes.

Question 2

In a scenario where data may not fit into memory, explain how you would manage RDDs to optimize performance.

πŸ’‘ Hint: Consider Spark's flexibility in handling large datasets and how to balance memory usage and computational efficiency.

Challenge and get performance evaluation