Practice Column-family Stores (wide-column Stores) (12.4.3) - Emerging Database Technologies and Architectures
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Column-Family Stores (Wide-Column Stores)

Practice - Column-Family Stores (Wide-Column Stores)

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Practice Questions

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Question 1 Easy

What is a column-family store?

💡 Hint: Think about how data is organized in this type of database.

Question 2 Easy

Give one characteristic of column-family stores.

💡 Hint: Focus on how they manage rows with many null values.

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Question 1

What is a primary characteristic of column-family stores?

They require uniform column structures
They allow sparse data handling
They are not scalable

💡 Hint: Think about how they manage data variability.

Question 2

Column-family stores are optimized for high:

True
False

💡 Hint: Recall the performance aspects related to writing data.

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Challenge 1 Hard

Design a scenario using a column-family store for an IoT application managing temperature sensors in different locations. Describe how you would structure your data and explain why this structure is beneficial.

💡 Hint: Consider how sensor data can vary and the importance of timestamping.

Challenge 2 Hard

Evaluate the use of a column-family store against a traditional relational database for a logging system. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of each approach.

💡 Hint: Think about data integrity vs. flexibility and scalability.

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