What is the purpose of the Hadoop Shuffle Handler in MapReduce?
A. Manages the shuffling of data between map and reduce tasks
B. Handles data replication in HDFS
C. Coordinates task execution in a Hadoop job
D. Optimizes task scheduling in Hadoop
Answer: Option A
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What is a common optimization technique to improve Hadoop MapReduce performance?
A. Increase block size
B. Decrease block size
C. Maintain the default block size
D. Use fewer mappers
Which compression codec is commonly used for optimizing storage in Hadoop?
A. Gzip
B. Snappy
C. Bzip2
D. LZO
What is the purpose of Hadoop speculative execution?
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
How can data skew in a Hadoop job be addressed for optimization?
A. Increase the number of reducers
B. Decrease the number of reducers
C. Use a combiner function
D. Use a custom partitioner
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