Department of Computer Science and Engineering

Subject Name: BIG DATA ANALYTICS AND APPLICATIONS

Subject Code: MR20-1CS0307
Year & Semester: IV-I
Unit-Wise Question Bank

Q. No Question Marks Section UNIT

1 What is Big Data? Explain Data Types of Big Data with example 12 Section-I 1
2 Explain 5 v’s of Big Data. 12 Section-I 1
3 What is Hadoop? Explain various modules of Hadoop 12 Section-I 1
4 Explain Hadoop Architecture with neat sketch 12 Section-I 1
5 What is HDFS? Explain main components of HDFS 12 Section-I 1
6 Explain the importance of HDFS in the Hadoop framework. 12 Section-I 1
7 Explain HDFS Architecture and write the advantages and 12 Section-I 1
disadvantages of HDFS.
8 What is the difference between a regular file system and HDFS? Why 12 Section-I 1
is HDFS fault-tolerant?
9 How is node failure handled in Hadoop? Discuss. 12 Section-I 1
10 Role of Name Node and Data Node in HDFS. 12 Section-I 1
11 Explain the components of the Hadoop Framework and use-cases. 12 Section-II 2
12 Explain Hadoop Cluster Architecture and its advantages. 12 Section-II 2
13 What is Hadoop Clustering? Explain Multi-Node Clustering with neat 12 Section-II 2
sketch
14 Write Short notes: a). Data Integrity b). Compression 12 Section-II 2
15 Explain compression and its properties in Hadoop I/O. 12 Section-II 2
16 Explain serialization and writable class hierarchy in Hadoop I/O. 12 Section-II 2
17 What is MapReduce? Explain key components of Map Reduce 12 Section-II 2
18 What is Hadoop Streaming? Differentiate Hadoop Steaming and 12 Section-II 2
Hadoop Pipes
19 Explain data flow & interfaces in HDFS. 12 Section-II 2
20 How sort & shuffle process work in MapReduce? Explain. 12 Section-II 2
21 What is MRUnit, and why is it used in MapReduce application 12 Section-III 3
development?
22 Describe the steps to set up MRUnit for unit testing in MapReduce. 12 Section-III 3
23 How does Hadoop handle failures in the classic MapReduce model? 12 Section-III 3
24 What happens during the shuffle and sort phase in MapReduce? 12 Section-III 3
25 How MapReduce Works: Anatomy of MapReduce Job Run 12 Section- III 3
26 What are the key stages in a MapReduce job, and how do they 12 Section- III 3
interact?
27 What improvements does YARN introduce over classic MapReduce 12 Section- III 3
 for failure handling?
28 How is job scheduling managed in YARN? 12 Section- III 3
29 What are the main differences between Classic MapReduce and 12 Section- III 3
YARN?
30 What are the common failure scenarios in MapReduce, and how are 12 Section-III 3
they mitigated?
31 What are the main differences between NoSQL and relational 12 Section-IV 4
databases?
32 What are the different types of NoSQL databases? Classify and 12 Section-IV 4
describe each type in detail.
33 Describe the detailed architecture of Hive and explain its 12 Section-IV 4
components.
34 Explain the data models used in HBase architecture and describe 12 Section-IV 4
their structure.
35 What types of data can Hive handle? Discuss the different data types 12 Section-IV 4
it supports
36 Design & explain the detailed architecture of HIVE 12 Section-IV 4
37 Explain User Defined Functions in HIVE with Examples. 12 Section-IV 4
38 Write a short note on the following: (i) Sqoop, (ii) Flume, (iii) JSON, 12 Section- IV 4
(iv) HiveQL
39 What are Sqoop connectors? Provide an explanation of their 12 Section- IV 4
purpose and functionality.
40 Describe the architecture of Flume and explain its main components. 12 Section- IV 4
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41 Explain the architecture of Apache Spark, including the key 12 Section-V 5
components and installation steps
42 Explain in detail about RDD in Apache Spark. 12 Section-V 5
43 Briefly explain Anatomy of a spark job run. 12 Section-V 5
44 Explain about Shared Variables in Spark with 2 Examples and what 12 Section-V 5
are the benefits of using Apache Spark.
45 What is Pig in the context of Big Data? Describe its features and use 12 Section-V 5
cases
46 Provide an overview of Scala. What are its key features, and which 12 Section-V 5
frameworks are commonly used with Scala?
47 What is Scala? Is it considered a language or a platform? 12 Section-V 5
Additionally, discuss if Scala is a purely object-oriented programming
language.
48 Explain about Scala & what are the key Features, Frame Works in 12 Section-V 5
Scala.
49 What are the Software’s and things need to install for setting up 12 Section-V 5
Scala development environment
50 Explain about Pattern matching and functions in Scala with 2 12 Section-V 5
examples.