EC2 capacity can be increased or decreased in real time from as few as one to more than . . . . . . . . virtual machines simultaneously.

A. Increase block size B. Decrease block size C. Maintain the default block size D. Use fewer mappers

A. Gzip B. Snappy C. Bzip2 D. LZO

A. To handle speculative workloads B. To minimize resource usage C. To mitigate the impact of slow-running tasks D. To speed up task completion

A. Increase the number of reducers B. Decrease the number of reducers C. Use a combiner function D. Use a custom partitioner