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1. What are the two primary data processing layers in Lambda Architecture?
Question 1A. Bronze and SilverB. Batch Processing and Real-Time ProcessingC. Storage and ComputeD. OLTP and OLAPE. Ingestion and Archival
2. In which formal system is Lambda Architecture said to be grounded?
Question 2A. Relational algebraB. Set theoryC. Lambda calculusD. Boolean logicE. Graph theory
3. How does the Batch Processing Layer decide when to process data?
Question 3A. The instant each record is generatedB. Only when a user requests a reportC. Whenever a real-time event triggers itD. At scheduled intervals, from once a day to every few minutes, or when volume and resources allowE. Continuously, with no schedule
4. By what other name is the Real-Time Processing Layer known?
Question 4A. Event-based processingB. Scheduled processingC. Daily batchD. Serving layerE. Cold-path processing
5. Historically, why was the 'daily batch' run after business hours?
Question 5A. Because regulators required itB. To avoid system load during operational hoursC. Because real-time tools did not exist at allD. Because storage was only available at nightE. To allow staff to review the data manually
6. Which developments are named as making Lambda Architecture more feasible in the Big Data era?
Question 6A. Mainframes and tape storageB. Proprietary licensing and closed platformsC. Open-source tools like Hadoop, object storage systems and NoSQL databasesD. Paper-based audit trailsE. Single-server relational databases
7. What is data sovereignty in the context of adopting cloud-based Lambda Architecture?
Question 7A. A cloud provider's ownership of customer dataB. The right of a user to delete their own recordsC. A pricing model based on data volumeD. The encryption standard for data in transitE. Regulatory requirements that data remain within a particular country or region
8. In a typical AWS Lambda Architecture pipeline, which service handles real-time ingestion?
Question 8A. Amazon KinesisB. Amazon RedshiftC. Amazon EMRD. Amazon S3E. AWS Glue
9. Which Google Cloud services are named for real-time streaming and batch processing respectively?
Question 9A. Cloud Storage and Cloud SQLB. Pub/Sub and Cloud FunctionsC. BigQuery and DataflowD. Dataflow and BigQueryE. Cloud Run and Bigtable
10. Which of the following is NOT named as an Azure tool supporting Lambda Architecture?
Question 10A. Azure Stream AnalyticsB. Azure Data LakeC. Azure Synapse AnalyticsD. Azure Data FactoryE. Azure Kinesis