Distributed Computing Quiz

Question 1

What does HDFS stand for?

Accepted Answer

Hadoop Distributed File System

Question 2

What does Kafka use for message categorization?

Accepted Answer

Topics

Question 3

Which system inspired Hadoop's development?

Accepted Answer

Google File System

Question 4

What is a first-class citizen in Scala?

Accepted Answer

Functions

Question 5

What is a key feature of columnar storage?

Accepted Answer

Efficient compression

Question 6

What is the main use case of Apache Spark?

Accepted Answer

Data engineering, data science, and machine learning

Question 7

Which language is Spark written in?

Accepted Answer

Scala

Question 8

True or false: Spark uses disk for processing

Accepted Answer

False

Question 9

Which feature does Scala offer for typing?

Accepted Answer

Static typing

Question 10

Which component is part of Spark's ecosystem?

Accepted Answer

Spark SQL

Question 11

What is MapReduce primarily used for?

Accepted Answer

Large datasets

Question 12

What programming paradigm does Scala support?

Accepted Answer

Functional

Question 13

Which challenge is common in distributed computing?

Accepted Answer

Network issues

Question 14

What type of processing does Spark support?

Accepted Answer

Batch and Real-time

Question 15

What is a key benefit of distributed systems?

Accepted Answer

Increased power

Question 16

What are the supported programming languages in Apache Spark?

Accepted Answer

Java, Scala, Python and R

Question 17

Which messaging system is distributed?

Accepted Answer

Kafka

Question 18

What is a driving factor for big data technology?

Accepted Answer

Scalability

Question 19

Which feature does Spark offer for programming?

Accepted Answer

Abstract model

Question 20

Which node stores metadata in HDFS?

Accepted Answer

NameNode

Question 21

Which language is known for pure functional programming?

Accepted Answer

Haskell

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