What best describes "big data"?
Big data is used to refer to the set of technologies built around Hadoop
Big data refers to the cloud-native design principle
Big data is about All data, Any Time, Any Method
Big data is about volume, velocity, variety
Which of these represent examples of divide-and-conquer?
Spark and MapReduce
Map and Reduce
Hadoop and Spark
MapReduce and Hadoop
Which of the following statements about Spark application architecture is correct?
A Spark program generates a set of tasks that are grouped into stages, each of which executes concurrently with the driver being responsible for collecting results from each stage for final output.
A Spark action generates a job, with each job being broken down into multiple stages where a stage is a set of tasks that can be executed in parallel and stages themselves are interdependent, with each task being the unit of work mapped to an executor.
A Spark program generates a job, with each job being broken down into multiple stages where a stage is a set of tasks that can be executed in parallel and stages themselves are interdependent, with each task being the unit of work mapped to an executor.
A Spark action generates a task that is further broken down into multiple stages where a stage is a set of jobs that can be executed in parallel and stages themselves are interdependent, with each job being the unit of work mapped to an executor.
A Spark program generates a task that is further broken down into multiple stages where a stage is a set of jobs that can be executed in parallel and stages themselves are interdependent, with each job being the unit of work mapped to an executor.
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The IIT Madras BS Introduction to Big Data (Intro to Big Data) Quiz 2 paper sat on 3 Dec 2023, in the September 2023 term: 26 questions for 50 marks in 120 minutes. The first 3 questions are below. Sign in with Google — it is free — to see the whole paper with its answers and explanations, in learning mode or as a timed mock test.
| Feature | Intro to Big Data Quiz 2 3 Dec 2023 at a glance |
|---|---|
| Term | September 2023 term |
| Subject | Introduction to Big Data |
| Course code | BSDA5001 |
| Questions | 26 |
| Marks | 50 |
| Duration | 120 min |
| MCQ | 18 |
| MSQ | 8 |
| Official paper | IIT M DEGREE AN2 EXAM QDB2 03 Dec 2023 |
| Negative marking | No negative marking. |
| Updated |
