Question 1

Which programming language is primarily used in Apache Spark?

Accepted Answer

Scala

Answer

Python

Answer

Java

Answer

C++

Question 2

What is the main processing engine in Apache Spark?

Accepted Answer

Spark Core

Answer

Hadoop

Answer

Storm

Answer

Kafka

Question 3

Which API in Apache Spark is used for structured data processing?

Accepted Answer

DataFrame API

Answer

SQL API

Answer

RDD API

Answer

Dataset API

Question 4

What is the primary abstraction in Apache Spark that represents distributed data collection?

Accepted Answer

Resilient Distributed Dataset (RDD)

Answer

DataFrames

Answer

SQL Tables

Answer

Datasets

Question 5

Which Apache Spark component is used for machine learning tasks?

Accepted Answer

MLlib

Answer

Spark SQL

Answer

Spark Streaming

Answer

GraphX

Question 6

Which component in Apache Spark is responsible for real-time streaming data processing?

Accepted Answer

Spark Streaming

Answer

MLlib

Answer

Spark SQL

Answer

GraphX

Question 7

What is the main cluster manager used in Apache Spark for resource allocation and job scheduling?

Accepted Answer

Apache YARN

Answer

Apache Mesos

Answer

Docker Swarm

Answer

Kubernetes

Question 8

Which optimization technique in Apache Spark is used to minimize shuffling and improve performance?

Accepted Answer

Partitioning

Answer

Replication

Answer

Serialization

Answer

Caching

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