Hadoop General Interview Questions
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What are the main features and Characteristics of Hadoop which makes it the most popular and powerful Big Data tool?

278

What are the configuration files in Hadoop?

247

Compare Apache Hadoop and Apache Spark?

227

What are the different modes in which we can configure/install Hadoop?

243

Explain how Hadoop cluster hardware planning and provisioning is done?

275

How to create a user in Hadoop?

226

What are the major differences between Hadoop 2 and Hadoop 3?

234

What is single node cluster in Hadoop? for what all purposes Hadoop run on a single node cluster?

291

How to specify more than one path for storage in Hadoop?

253

What is a single point of failure in Hadoop 1 and how is it resolved in Hadoop 2?

262

What is JPS? Why is it used in Hadoop?

237

What is the key difference between NameNode and DataNode in Hadoop?

243

What is Small File Problem in Hadoop? How can it be resolved?

240

Ideally what should be replication factor in a Hadoop cluster?

256

What is NameNode? How NameNode tackle Datanode failures in Hadoop?

280


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How is the splitting of file invoked in Hadoop framework?

257


How would you restart NameNode?

215


How does job tracker schedule a job for the task tracker?

269


What are the main components in Hadoop Eco-System and what are their functions ?

252


What do you understand by standalone (or local) mode?

230






What is a Backup node in Hadoop?

253


What is difference between secondary namenode, checkpoint namenode & backupnode?

244


Mention what is data cleansing?

232


Explain what is a sequence file in hadoop?

258


What happens if you get a ‘connection refused java exception’ when you type hadoop fsck /?

243


Define a record reader?

226


What are the features of Fully-Distributed mode?

239


Give a brief overview of Hadoop history?

233


Clarify what webdav is in hadoop?

221


What is a Heartbeat in Hadoop?

303