Free DataStax Apache-Cassandra-Developer-Associate Exam Questions

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Question 1

Which is NOT true for a read repair?

A : Read repair is a process of repairing data replicas during a read request.

B : Read repair runs in the foreground as a blocking operation.

C : Read repair ensures that data in your cluster stays in sync.

D : Read repair always occurs when consistency level is ANY.

Answer: D

Question 2

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 3

How to define the primary key of a Country table, if we want individual records by country and state, and filtered lists of cities by a population range?

A : PRIMARY KEY (country, state, city, population)

B : PRIMARY KEY ((country, state), city, population)

C : PRIMARY KEY ((country, state), population, city)

D : PRIMARY KEY (country, state, population, city)

Answer: C

Question 4

Primary keys:

A : identify the nodes in the cluster that store the row(s).

B : uniquely identify rows in a table and determine their sort order.

C : uniquely identify rows in a partition and determine their sort order.

D : are alternative surrogate keys for row numbers.

Answer: B

Question 5

You have a single datacenter 10-node cluster with a replication factor of 3.

What can NOT happen on an UPDATE query for one single row, when the consistency level is set to ONE?

A : An incoming write will go only to the first node that owns the requested row.

B : Only one node can properly complete the write

C : The other two replicas can miss the write.

D : Coordinator returns control back to the client after one single write is confirmed.

Answer: A

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