Hive Online Quiz

Advertisements

Previous Page
Next Page  

Following quiz provides Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) related to Hive. You will have to read all the given answers and click over the correct answer. If you are not sure about the answer then you can check the answer using Show Answer button. You can use Next Quiz button to check new set of questions in the quiz.

Questions and Answers

Answer : C

Explanation

Client machines can use programing languages like Java, Ruby etc to access Hive remotely using Hive Thrift service.

Answer : D

Explanation

As they are managed by Hive metadata, other applications cannot access it.

Q 3 - To see the data types details of only a column (not the table) we should use the command

A - DESCRIBE

B - DESCRIBE EXTENDED

C - DESCRIBE FORMATTED

D - DESCRIBE COLUMN

Answer : A

Q 4 - When the result of the STRING data type is returned by querying array data type using index, the result have

A - no quotes

B - double suotes

C - single quotes

D - No spaces

Answer : A

Explanation

The STRINGS returned form ARRAYS will not contain the quotes.

Answer : B

Explanation

Hive supports java based regular expression for querying.

Answer : C

Explanation

TBLPROPERTIES stores some documentation about the table like created date time etc.

Answer : A

Explanation

Hive is case insensitive

Answer : C

Explanation

Streaming a table of small size makes the query faster.

Q 9 - The reverse() function reverses a string passed to it in a Hive query. This is an example of

A - Standard UDF

B - Aggregate UDF

C - Table Generating UDF

D - None

Answer : A

Explanation

reverse(‘abcd’) gives ‘dcba’. So it is a standard UDF.

Q 10 - When one of the join tables is small enough to fit into memory, The type of join used by Hive is

A - Inner Join

B - Map join

C - Reduce Join

D - Sort Join

Answer : B

Explanation

As one of the tables already fits into the memory each row of the big table is quickly compared with each row of small table using Map Join.

hive_questions_answers.htm
Advertisements