What is the significance of Hadoop's speculative execution in a job with multiple reducers?
A. It helps in load balancing across reducers
B. It speeds up the entire job execution
C. It increases the replication factor of output data
D. It minimizes the use of speculative execution
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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