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

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 3

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 4

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 5

You execute queries with CL THREE on a single datacenter cluster with RF 3.

Why all operations are strongly consistent?

A : Because this is equivalent to the ANY consistency level.

B : Because CL THREE guarantees strong consistency.

C : Because RF 3 guarantees strong consistency.

D : Because there are 3 replicas in total and they must all confirm any read or write operation.

Answer: D

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