Parallel & Distributed Computing - Week 10 to 13 Quiz

What consistency model does Amazon DynamoDB use?

• Strong consistency

• Eventual consistency

• Immediate consistency

• Weak consistency

What is the primary challenge associated with big data?

• Small data volumes

• Low data velocity

• Limited data variety

• Managing large volumes of data

What is the role of middleware in distributed systems?

• Storing data across multiple nodes

• Providing services for communication and integration

• Managing database transactions

• Optimizing query processing

Which paradigm divides computation into map and reduce phases for processing large-scale data sets?

• Apache Kafka

• Java RMI

• MapReduce

• RPC

What type of cloud deployment model combines public and private cloud services?

• Public Cloud

• Private Cloud

• Hybrid Cloud

• Multi-cloud

What is the primary role of middleware in distributed systems?

• Providing data storage

• Managing database transactions

• Handling communication between distributed components

• Optimizing query performance

What is Apache Kafka primarily used for?

• Managing distributed databases

• Real-time streaming and event processing

• Remote method invocation

• Middleware for web services

What is the primary purpose of Apache Spark in big data processing?

• Handling structured data only

• Batch processing only

• Stream processing and real-time analytics

• Data warehousing

Which database system uses replication to maintain multiple copies of data across multiple availability zones?

• Google Bigtable

• Facebook's Cassandra

• Amazon DynamoDB

• Google's Spanner

What does CORBA stand for?

• Common Object Request Broker Architecture

• Common Object Retrieval Broker Association

• Centralized Object Resource Binding Architecture

• Communication Oriented Remote Broker Access