MapReduce Interview Questions
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Explain what is “map” and what is "reducer" in hadoop?

367

Explain what does the conf.setmapper class do?

338

Explain what are the basic parameters of a mapper?

453

Mention what is the next step after mapper or maptask?

375

Explain what is shuffling in mapreduce?

348

Explain what is distributed cache in mapreduce framework?

354

Mention what are the main configuration parameters that user need to specify to run mapreduce job?

424

Explain what is the function of mapreduce partitioner?

367

What is map/reduce job in hadoop?

350

What is a mapreduce algorithm?

356

What is mapreduce algorithm?

317

When the reducers are are started in a mapreduce job?

339

Where the mapper's intermediate data will be stored?

339

Which are the methods in the mapper interface?

342

What is an identity mapper and identity reducer?

343


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Why is Apache Spark faster than Hadoop MapReduce?

362


What are the various input and output types supported by mapreduce?

356


What is the difference between Reducer and Combiner in Hadoop MapReduce?

373


What is identity mapper and identity reducer?

376


In mapreduce what is a scarce system resource? Explain?

386






Which one will you decide for an undertaking – Hadoop MapReduce or Apache Spark?

352


What is the difference between RDBMS with Hadoop MapReduce?

483


What is the fundamental difference between a MapReduce Split and a HDFS block?scale data processing?

605


What do you mean by inputformat?

345


Is it necessary to write a mapreduce job in java?

399


Why do we need MapReduce during Pig programming?

369


what is "map" and what is "reducer" in Hadoop?

359


What is the difference between HDFS block and input split?

455


How do Hadoop MapReduce works?

408


Explain the Reducer's reduce phase?

695