Practice Column-Family Stores (Wide-Column Stores) - 12.4.3 | Module 12: Emerging Database Technologies and Architectures | Introduction to Database Systems
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12.4.3 - Column-Family Stores (Wide-Column Stores)

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Practice Questions

Test your understanding with targeted questions related to the topic.

Question 1

Easy

What is a column-family store?

πŸ’‘ Hint: Think about how data is organized in this type of database.

Question 2

Easy

Give one characteristic of column-family stores.

πŸ’‘ Hint: Focus on how they manage rows with many null values.

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 a primary characteristic of column-family stores?

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

πŸ’‘ Hint: Think about how they manage data variability.

Question 2

Column-family stores are optimized for high:

  • True
  • False

πŸ’‘ Hint: Recall the performance aspects related to writing data.

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Challenge Problems

Push your limits with challenges.

Question 1

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.

πŸ’‘ Hint: Consider how sensor data can vary and the importance of timestamping.

Question 2

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.

πŸ’‘ Hint: Think about data integrity vs. flexibility and scalability.

Challenge and get performance evaluation