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1. What is Apache Spark primarily used for?
(A) Data visualization
(B) Large-scale data processing
(C) Web development
(D) Network security

2. Which of the following is a core component of Apache Spark?
(A) HDFS
(B) Spark SQL
(C) Flume
(D) Sqoop

3. What programming languages does Apache Spark support?
(A) Java and Python only
(B) Java, Python, and R only
(C) Java, Scala, Python, R, and SQL
(D) JavaScript, Ruby, and C++

4. What is the primary data abstraction in Apache Spark?
(A) DataFrame
(B) RDD (Resilient Distributed Dataset)
(C) Dataset
(D) HDFS File

5. What does the SparkContext object do in a Spark application?
(A) Manages the Spark SQL queries
(B) Connects the application to the Spark cluster
(C) Handles machine learning tasks
(D) Manages data visualization

6. Which of the following allows you to run SQL queries on data stored in Spark?
(A) Spark Streaming
(B) Spark SQL
(C) Spark MLib
(D) Spark Core

7. What is a DataFrame in Spark?
(A) A distributed collection of data organized into named columns
(B) A real-time data processing tool
(C) A machine learning library
(D) A distributed data storage system

8. How do you create a DataFrame from a JSON file in Spark?
(A) spark.read.json(“path_to_json”)
(B) spark.createDataFrame(“path_to_json”)
(C) spark.load.json(“path_to_json”)
(D) spark.sql.json(“path_to_json”)

9. Which method is used to register a DataFrame as a SQL temporary view?
(A) createTempView()
(B) registerTempTable()
(C) createView()
(D) registerView()

10. How do you execute an SQL query on a DataFrame in Spark?
(A) spark.sql(“SQL_QUERY”)
(B) df.sql(“SQL_QUERY”)
(C) sql.execute(“SQL_QUERY”)
(D) sqlContext.sql(“SQL_QUERY”)

11. What is Apache Spark Streaming used for?
(A) Batch processing
(B) Real-time data processing
(C) Data storage
(D) Machine learning

12. How do you create a DStream from a TCP source in Spark Streaming?
(A) streamingContext.socketTextStream(“hostname”, port)
(B) streamingContext.textStream(“hostname”, port)
(C) streamingContext.readStream(“hostname”, port)
(D) streamingContext.streamText(“hostname”, port)

13. What is a DStream in Spark Streaming?
(A) Discretized Stream
(B) Distributed Stream
(C) Data Stream
(D) Digital Stream

14. How frequently can Spark Streaming batches be processed?
(A) Every second
(B) Every minute
(C) Every hour
(D) All of the above

15. Which library in Spark is used for integrating with streaming data sources like Kafka and Flume?
(A) Spark SQL
(B) Spark MLib
(C) Spark Streaming
(D) Spark GraphX

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By: Prof. Dr. Fazal Rehman | Last updated: May 14, 2025

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