Adaface Sample Hive Questions

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Medium Analyzing Hive Join Optimization	Solve
Consider the following two Hive tables in a space adventure context: Assume that the astronauts table is small and can fit in memory. Which of the following queries will take full advantage of a map-side join?
Medium Hive Archive	Solve
You have a partitioned Hive table sales_data with the following schema: You want to archive the oldest partition (date='2023-01-01', region='North America') and store it in the Hadoop Distributed File System (HDFS) at /archive/sales_data. Which of the following steps is the correct approach to perform the archiving operation? A: Enable archiving on the table, and then issue an ALTER TABLE statement to move the partition to the archive directory. B: Issue an ALTER TABLE statement to move the partition to the archive directory, and then lock the partition to prevent further modifications. C: Enable archiving on the table, and then use the EXPORT command to export the partition to the archive directory. D: Use the EXPORT command to export the partition to the archive directory, and then lock the partition to prevent further modifications. E: Use the EXPORT command to export the partition to the archive directory, and then drop the partition from the sales_data table.
Hard Jobs file	Solve
Assuming the following Hive statements execute successfully, choose the correct statements that describe the result: A. Hive reformats JobsFile2 into a structure that Hive can access and moves into to /user/steve/fenty/ B. The file named JobsFile2 is moved to to/user/steve/fenty/ C. The contents of JobsFile2 are parsed as comma-delimited rows and loaded into /user/steve/fenty/ D. The contents of JobsFile2 are parsed as comma-delimited rows and stored in a database

	🧐 Question	🔧 Skill
	Medium Analyzing Hive Join Optimization	3 mins Hive	Solve
Consider the following two Hive tables in a space adventure context: Assume that the astronauts table is small and can fit in memory. Which of the following queries will take full advantage of a map-side join?
	Medium Hive Archive	3 mins Hive	Solve
You have a partitioned Hive table sales_data with the following schema: You want to archive the oldest partition (date='2023-01-01', region='North America') and store it in the Hadoop Distributed File System (HDFS) at /archive/sales_data. Which of the following steps is the correct approach to perform the archiving operation? A: Enable archiving on the table, and then issue an ALTER TABLE statement to move the partition to the archive directory. B: Issue an ALTER TABLE statement to move the partition to the archive directory, and then lock the partition to prevent further modifications. C: Enable archiving on the table, and then use the EXPORT command to export the partition to the archive directory. D: Use the EXPORT command to export the partition to the archive directory, and then lock the partition to prevent further modifications. E: Use the EXPORT command to export the partition to the archive directory, and then drop the partition from the sales_data table.
	Hard Jobs file	2 mins Hive	Solve
Assuming the following Hive statements execute successfully, choose the correct statements that describe the result: A. Hive reformats JobsFile2 into a structure that Hive can access and moves into to /user/steve/fenty/ B. The file named JobsFile2 is moved to to/user/steve/fenty/ C. The contents of JobsFile2 are parsed as comma-delimited rows and loaded into /user/steve/fenty/ D. The contents of JobsFile2 are parsed as comma-delimited rows and stored in a database

	🧐 Question	🔧 Skill	💪 Difficulty	⌛ Time
	Analyzing Hive Join Optimization	Hive	Medium	3 mins	Solve
Consider the following two Hive tables in a space adventure context: Assume that the astronauts table is small and can fit in memory. Which of the following queries will take full advantage of a map-side join?
	Hive Archive	Hive	Medium	3 mins	Solve
You have a partitioned Hive table sales_data with the following schema: You want to archive the oldest partition (date='2023-01-01', region='North America') and store it in the Hadoop Distributed File System (HDFS) at /archive/sales_data. Which of the following steps is the correct approach to perform the archiving operation? A: Enable archiving on the table, and then issue an ALTER TABLE statement to move the partition to the archive directory. B: Issue an ALTER TABLE statement to move the partition to the archive directory, and then lock the partition to prevent further modifications. C: Enable archiving on the table, and then use the EXPORT command to export the partition to the archive directory. D: Use the EXPORT command to export the partition to the archive directory, and then lock the partition to prevent further modifications. E: Use the EXPORT command to export the partition to the archive directory, and then drop the partition from the sales_data table.
	Jobs file	Hive	Hard	2 mins	Solve
Assuming the following Hive statements execute successfully, choose the correct statements that describe the result: A. Hive reformats JobsFile2 into a structure that Hive can access and moves into to /user/steve/fenty/ B. The file named JobsFile2 is moved to to/user/steve/fenty/ C. The contents of JobsFile2 are parsed as comma-delimited rows and loaded into /user/steve/fenty/ D. The contents of JobsFile2 are parsed as comma-delimited rows and stored in a database

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