Explore topic-wise MCQs in Hadoop.

This section includes 12 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Hadoop knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.

1.

Hadoop has a library class, org.apache.hadoop.mapred.lib.FieldSelectionMapReduce, that effectively allows you to process text data like the unix ______ utility.

A. Copy
B. Cut
C. Paste
D. Move
Answer» C. Paste
2.

Which of the following class is provided by the Aggregate package?

A. Map
B. Reducer
C. Reduce
D. None of the mentioned
Answer» C. Reduce
3.

Which of the following class provides a subset of features provided by the Unix/GNU Sort?

A. KeyFieldBased
B. KeyFieldComparator
C. KeyFieldBasedComparator
D. All of the mentioned
Answer» D. All of the mentioned
4.

To set an environment variable in a streaming command use ____________

A. -cmden EXAMPLE_DIR=/home/example/dictionaries/
B. -cmdev EXAMPLE_DIR=/home/example/dictionaries/
C. -cmdenv EXAMPLE_DIR=/home/example/dictionaries/
D. -cmenv EXAMPLE_DIR=/home/example/dictionaries/
Answer» D. -cmenv EXAMPLE_DIR=/home/example/dictionaries/
5.

Which of the following Hadoop streaming command option parameter is required?

A. output directoryname
B. mapper executable
C. input directoryname
D. all of the mentioned
Answer» E.
6.

Which of the following class is provided by Aggregate package ?

A. Map
B. Reducer
C. Reduce
D. None of the mentioned
Answer» C. Reduce
7.

Which of the following class provides a subset of features provided by the Unix/GNU Sort ?

A. KeyFieldBased
B. KeyFieldComparator
C. KeyFieldBasedComparator
D. All of the mentioned
Answer» D. All of the mentioned
8.

______________ class allows the Map/Reduce framework to partition the map outputs based on certain key fields, not the whole keys.

A. KeyFieldPartitioner
B. KeyFieldBasedPartitioner
C. KeyFieldBased
D. None of the mentioned
Answer» C. KeyFieldBased
9.

The ________ option allows you to copy jars locally to the current working directory of tasks and automatically unjar the files.

A. archives
B. files
C. task
D. none of the mentioned
Answer» B. files
10.

To set an environment variable in a streaming command use:

A. -cmden EXAMPLE_DIR=/home/example/dictionaries/
B. -cmdev EXAMPLE_DIR=/home/example/dictionaries/
C. -cmdenv EXAMPLE_DIR=/home/example/dictionaries/
D. -cmenv EXAMPLE_DIR=/home/example/dictionaries/
Answer» D. -cmenv EXAMPLE_DIR=/home/example/dictionaries/
11.

Which of the following Hadoop streaming command option parameter is required ?

A. output directoryname
B. mapper executable
C. input directoryname
D. all of the mentioned
Answer» E.
12.

Streaming supports streaming command options as well as _________ command options.

A. generic
B. tool
C. library
D. task
Answer» B. tool