Free DataStax Apache-Cassandra-Developer-Associate Exam Questions

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Question 1

When to use a secondary index?

A : When querying a table using a column that cannot normally be queried.

B : On tables with a counter column.

C : On a frequently updated or deleted column.

D : On high-cardinality columns.

Answer: A

Question 2

Consider the following keyspace definition:

1. CREATE KEYSPACE mykeyspace

2. WITH replication = {'class': 'NetworkTopologyStrategy', 'DC1': 3, 'DC2': 3};

DC1 has 4 nodes active and 2 down, DC2 has 3 nodes active and one down.

Which of the next statements is true?

A : A request with LOCAL_QUORUM on a healthy DC2 node will be handled by DC1.

B : A request with LOCAL_QUORUM on a healthy DC2 node will succeed.

C : A request with QUORUM on a healthy DC2 node will fail.

D : A request with LOCAL_QUORUM on a healthy DC1 node will fail.

Answer: B

Question 3

What is a NOT a valid limitation for Cassandra counters?

A : Counters cannot be used for columns part of the PRIMARY KEY of a table.

B : Counter values cannot go below zero.

C : The value of a counter cannot be set.

D : A table that contains a counter can only contain counters.

Answer: B

Question 4

What is wrong with this user-defined type (UDT) definition?

1. CREATE TYPE States (

2. id uuid PRIMARY KEY,

3. name text

4. );

A : UDTs cannot declare primary keys.

B : UUID is not a valid CQL data type.

C : Must start by CREATE TYPE IF NOT EXISTS.

D : The name should be all lower cases.

Answer: A

Question 5

What is an example of hybrid-cloud deployment?

A : Cassandra in on-premise data center accessed from AWS virtual machines.

B : Cassandra deployed on both on-premise and on Azure virtual machines.

C : Cassandra in two inter-connected on-premise data centers.

D : Cassandra in two separate on-premise data centers.

Answer: B

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