Big Data (KCA-022) - AKTU Question Paper 2023-24
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This is the official AKTU Big Data Previous Year Question Paper for MCA Semester 3, academic session 2023-24. Published by Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Technical University (AKTU/UPTU), Lucknow. Free PDF download — no login required.
Course:MCA
Semester:Semester 3
Session:2023-24
University:AKTU / UPTU
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Big Data (KCA-022) — extracted question text · 100 marks · 3 Hours
Section AAttempt all q u e s t i o n s i n b r i e f . 2 x 10 = 20
- aDefine the term Big Data. 2 1
- bWhich type of data can be used for the Big Data? 2 1
- cHow does Apache Hadoop help process the data? 2 2
- dList the 2 components of Hadoop. 2 2
- eWrite down the default block size of HDFS. 2 3
- fDiscuss two compression formats in Hadoop. 2 3
- gWhich component was int roduced newly in Hadoop 2.0? 2 4
- hList the responsib ilities division of Job Tracker in Hadoop 2.0. 2 4 i. Discuss the execution modes of the Pig 2 5 j. Write 2 differences between Hbase and RDBMS. 2 5
Section BAttempt any three o f t h e f o l l o w i n g : 10 x 3 = 30
- aDiscuss the various types of analytics used in Big Data. 10 1
- bDescribe the Hadoop Ecosystem. 10 2
- cWhat do you mean by scaling out? Discuss the various reason s for scaling out. 10 3
- dCompare the NoSQL databases with Relational databases. Desc ribe the various types of NoSQL databases. 10 4
- eExplain the architecture of Pig with the help of a neat diagram. 10 5
Section CAttempt any one p a r t o f t h e f o l l o w i n g : 10 x 1 = 10
- aDiscuss the 5 Vs used in Big D ata with the help of an example. 10 1
- bIllustrate the use of cloud c omputing to manage the data. 10 1
- aDiscuss the role of Hadoop Pip es in the map-reduce process. 10 2
- bIllustrate the map-reduce ar chitecture with the help of a neat diagram. 10 2
- aIllustrate the rack awareness algorithm for writing the data in HDFS. 10 3
- bIllustrate the process of reading a block in Hadoop. 10 3
- aExplain the components of fea tures and components of Apache Spark. 10 4
- bDiscuss the role of MapReduce in Hadoop. Give the compariso n between MapReduce V1 and V2. 10 4
- aDescribe the Hive Architect ure with the help of a neat diagram. 10 5
- bDiscuss the requirements a nd architecture of zookeeper. 10 5
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