MapReduce Interview Questions
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Explain the differences between a combiner and reducer

377

What is a TaskInstance?

395

What is the default input type in MapReduce?

383

How does fault tolerance work in mapreduce?

355

What is a scarce system resource?

383

With the help of two examples name the map and reduce function purpose

361

Write a short note on the disadvantages of mapreduce

356

Explain what you understand by speculative execution

350

Explain combiners.

356

when do reducers play their role in a mapreduce task?

355

In mapreduce what is a scarce system resource? Explain?

390

What do you understand by mapreduce?

369

Explain how mapreduce works.

359

What is an input reader in reference to mapreduce?

356

How is mapreduce related to cloud computing?

342


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What is the key- value pair in Hadoop MapReduce?

399


Explain about the partitioning, shuffle and sort phase

384


What counter in Hadoop MapReduce?

374


How data is spilt in Hadoop?

381


Write a Mapreduce Program for Character Count ?

701






What is RecordReader in a Map Reduce?

385


What is the next step after Mapper or MapTask?

381


What is identity mapper and identity reducer?

376


What is a distributed cache in mapreduce framework?

346


Name job control options specified by mapreduce.

419


Mention what is the hadoop mapreduce apis contract for a key and value class?

419


Differentiate Reducer and Combiner in Hadoop MapReduce?

405


What are the four essential parameters of a mapper?

362


What are ‘maps’ and ‘reduces’?

363


How to sort intermediate output based on values in MapReduce?

396