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Code No. : 9186 Sub. Code : PCSE 32

M.Sc. (CBCS) DEGREE EXAMINATION,

NOVEMBER 2018.

Third Semester

Computer Science

Elective — BIG DATA ANALYTICS

(For those who joined in July 2017 onwards)

Time : Three hours Maximum : 75 marks

PART A — (10  1 = 10 marks)

Answer ALL questions.

1. The —————— architecture provides a general

purpose approach to implementing an arbitary
function on an arbitary dataset and having the
function return its results with low latency

(a) Lambda (b) DBMS

(c) Database (d) None

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2. —————— is the ability to maintain in the face

of increasing data or load by adding resources to
the system
(a) Generalization (b) Scalability
(c) Extensibility (d) None

3. The requiste “support for parallel processing” is

for operators ——————
(a) Write (b) Read
(c) Both (a) and (b) (d) None

4. Say true of false:

In distributed file system they spread their
storage across a cluster of computers”
(a) True (b) False

5. —————— are tightly integrated to form a

framework for storing and processing large
amounts of data
(a) Hadoop HDFS (b) Map reduce
(c) Both (a) and (b) (d) None

6. —————— is a thin abstraction over files and

folders from the dfs —————— datastores
library
(a) Object (b) Pail
(c) Both (a) and (b) (d) None

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7. The —————— view is mapping from a domain

to the number of visits and the number of bounces
for that domain
(a) Interface analysis
(b) Hybrid Analysis
(c) Bounce-rate analysis
(d) None
8. Elephant DB as an example of a ——————
database
(a) Batch layer (b) Speed layer
(c) Serving layer (d) None
9. —————— to support incremental algorithms, it
must also be possible to modify a real time view
with low latency
(a) Scalability (b) Fault tolerance
(c) Random reads (d) Random writes
10. —————— provides highly reliable distributed
coordination
(a) Apache zookeeper
(b) Nimbus
(c) Both (a) and (b)
(d) None

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PART B — (5  5 = 25 marks)

Answer ALL questions choosing either (a) or (b).

Each answer should not exceed 250 words.

11. (a) What are the desired properties of a Big-data

system?

Or

(b) What are the limitations of serialization

framework?

12. (a) What is vertical partitioning?

Or

(b) How does distributed file system work?

13. (a) What is scalability in the batch layer?

Or

(b) What is fault tolerance?

14. (a) What are the serving layer solutions

available for normalization and
denormalization?

Or

(b) What is uniques over time?

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15. (a) What is query layer?

Or
(b) Differentiate Asynchronous versus
synchronous updates.

PART C — (5  8 = 40 marks)

Answer ALL questions choosing either (a) or (b).

Each answer should not exceed 600 words.

16. (a) What are the different layers available in

lambda Architecture?

Or
(b) Give a brief note on ‘Apache Thrift’.

17. (a) How do you choose storage solution for the

batch layer?

Or
(b) Explain low-level nature of distributed file
systems.

18. (a) Write short note on storing the master

dataset for superweb analysis .com.

Or
(b) Give a brief note on map reduce: a paradigm
for big data computing.

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19. (a) How do you design a serving rayer for super

web analysis .com?

Or
(b) List out and explain the basics for elephant
DB.

20. (a) Write short note on Batch and serving

layers.

Or
(b) How do define topologies with apache storm?
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