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Introduction to Big Data · Quiz 2 · 2 Apr 2023 · January 2023 term · Set QPE3

Question 15: What option(s) best describe the differences between Map…

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What option(s) best describe the differences between MapReduce and Spark?

Select all that apply.

  1. A

    MapReduce forces barrier synchronization after every step, while Spark'sexecution is gated on Actions

  2. B

    MapReduce leverages memory heavily, while Spark optimizes for disk-basedcomputations

  3. C

    MapReduce leverages disk heavily, while Spark optimizes for memory-basedcomputations

  4. D

    MapReduce executes linearly without parallelization, while Spark executes inparallel using Directed Acyclic Graphs

  5. E

    MapReduce enables massively parallel computation, while Spark's driverprogram sequentially executes each worker

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Correct answers

  • A

    MapReduce forces barrier synchronization after every step, while Spark'sexecution is gated on Actions

  • C

    MapReduce leverages disk heavily, while Spark optimizes for memory-basedcomputations

Question 15 of 20 in the IIT Madras BS Introduction to Big Data (Intro to Big Data) Quiz 2 paper sat on 2 Apr 2023, in the January 2023 term (IIT M DEGREE AN3 EXAM QPE3 02 Apr 2023). It carries 3 marks.

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