No SQL Quiz


1. NoSQL databases are designed to expand _________.
Answer: horizontally


2. _______ distributes different data across multiple servers.
Answer: shrading


3. Horizontal scaling approach tends to be cheaper as the number of operations and the size of the data increases.
Answer: true


4. Limitations of RDBMS are ______________.
Answer: Scalability/Database design complexity


5. Full-form of 'CRUD' is _________.
Answer: Create-Read-Update-Delete


6. A Riak convergent replicated data type (CRDT) includes ________.
Answer: Maps/Sets/Counters


7. Key-value pair data storages include all except ________.
Answer: Network Attached Storage


8. The RDBMS 'table' equivalent terminology in Riak is ________.
Answer: bucket


9. A Key-value store does not support Secondary Indexes.
Answer: False


10. Cassandra has properties of both __________ and ____________ .
Answer: Google Bigtable / Amazon Dynamo


11. In column-oriented stores, data is stored on a ____________ basis.
Answer: Column Family


12. In a column-database a row is being uniquely identified by __________.
Answer: Row-key


13. In Hbase, 'Columns' are named and specified in table definition.
Answer: False


14. HBase Tables are divided _________ by row key range into ________ .
Answer: horizontally, regions


15. In a columnar database, the columns are stored together on disk, achieving a higher compression ratio is an expensive operation.
Answer: False


16. A column-database used to store __________ versions of each cells.
Answer: multiple


17. ______ is a syntax for retrieving specific elements from an XML document.
xslt(wrng) xquery(wrng)
Answer: Xpath


18. Document databases split a document into its constituent name/value pairs for indexing purpose.
Answer: False


19. MongoDB read/write performance can be tuned with the help of Stored Procedures.
Answer: False


20. The MATCH clause is roughly equivalent to the _______ clause in SQL and the RETURN clause to a ______ clause.
Answer: where


21. An RDBMS equivalent component for a "document" in a Document database:
Answer: row


22. JSON documents are built up of _________.
Answer: all


23. An RDBMS equivalent component for a "document identifier" in a Document database:
Answer: primary key


24. In MongoDB, there is a similar feature of 'like' expression as like RDBMS.
Answer: False


25. The major components of a Graph include all except _______.
Answer: JSON


26. Neo4j architecture is a self-driven and independent architecture because of ________________.
Answer: BOTH


27. Only Nodes have properties in Graph database.
Answer: False


28. Cypher query language is associated with __________.
Answer: neoj4


29. Graph databases are generally built for use with ________.
Answer: OLTP


30. Limitations of RDBMS are ______________.
Answer: scalability


31. The process through which the on-disk tree files periodically merged to create larger consolidated stores is called __________.
Answer: compaction


32. Cassandra allows to define composite Primary Keys.
Answer: true


33. Some of the common Write Consistency level in Cassandra include all except ___________.
Answer: each


34. In case of a Strict consistency, a read will always return the most recent data value.
Answer: true


35. _________ are replicated to allow failover in MongoDB.
Answer: none


36. Cassandra's Gossip Protocol can take care of the heartbeat lost due to _______ in a widely distributed system
Answer: both


37. Kudu can be accessed via all except _________.
Answer: apache hive


38. Some of the common Write Consistency level in Cassandra include all except ___________.
Answer: each qouram


39. _________ are replicated to allow failover in MongoDB.
Answer: none

40. Wiredtiger storage engine is a part of
Answer: mongo


41. Cassandra's Gossip Protocol can take care of the heartbeat lost due to _______ in a widely distributed system.
Answer: network issue


42. Hbase Data blocks metadata information are being maintained by _________ .
Answer: namenodes


43. In a column-database, a row is being uniquely identified by __________.
Answer: Row-key


44. The equivalent Hbase structure of an in-memory tree in Log-structured Merge Trees is __________.
Answer: memstore


45. In Hbase, 'Columns' are named and specified in table definition.
Answer: False

46. The process through which the on-disk tree files periodically merged to create larger consolidated stores is called __________.
Answer: compaction


47. Some of the common Read Consistency level in Cassandra include all except __________.
Answer: any


48. An RDBMS equivalent component for a "collection" in a Document database:
Answer: column


49. Read overhead in a Columnar database can be partly reduced by Multicolumn projection and
Answer: caching


50. Cassandra lightweight transactions (LWT) supports ______ pattern.
Answer: Check-and-set


51. Columnar databases are preferable for OLTP systems
Answer: True


52. Hbase Region assignment operation is being handled by _________.
Answer: ZooKeeper