MapReduce Interview Questions
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What does a 'MapReduce Partitioner' do?

519

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

487

What is Data Locality in Hadoop?

485

What is KeyValueTextInputFormat in Hadoop MapReduce?

632

What is Mapper in Hadoop MapReduce?

507

How to set mappers and reducers for MapReduce jobs?

475

How to sort intermediate output based on values in MapReduce?

508

Can we set the number of reducers to zero in MapReduce?

503

Where sorting is done on mapper node or reducer node in MapReduce?

507

Which Sorting algorithm is used in Hadoop MapReduce?

437

What is the need of MapReduce?

452

How to configure the number of the Combiner in MapReduce?

476

How to change a number of mappers running on a slave in MapReduce?

550

Is it mandatory to set input and output type/format in MapReduce?

551

How to set the number of mappers for a MapReduce job?

502


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What can be optimum value for Reducer?

710


How is Spark not quite the same as MapReduce? Is Spark quicker than MapReduce?

460


Is it important for Hadoop MapReduce jobs to be written in Java?

621


Where sorting is done on mapper node or reducer node in MapReduce?

507


How to set which framework would be used to run mapreduce program?

519


Is it possible to rename the output file?

598


Explain the features of Apache Spark because of which it is superior to Apache MapReduce?

453


Where the mapper's intermediate data will be stored?

478


How does Hadoop Classpath plays a vital role in stopping or starting in Hadoop daemons?

561


Is reduce-only job possible in Hadoop MapReduce?

492


how can you debug Hadoop code?

638


Is it legal to set the number of reducer task to zero? Where the output will be stored in this case?

497


Describe what happens to a mapreduce job from submission to output?

490


Compare Pig vs Hive vs Hadoop MapReduce?

502


What is the default value of map and reduce max attempts?

761