Free Cassandra MCQ Questions and Answers

Question 1

Cassandra was created by who?

Accepted Answer

Facebook

Answer

Explanation:
Avinash Lakshman and Prashant Malik created Apache Cassandra while both were engineers at Facebook. Thanks to the database, which powers Facebook's inbox search feature, users can quickly discover the conversations and other items they're looking for.

Question 2

When did Cassandra first become available?

Accepted Answer

July 2008

Answer

Explanation:
Cassandra was first created on Facebook by Prashant Malik and Avinash Lakshman, one of the inventors of Amazon's Dynamo, to support the Facebook inbox search feature. In July 2008, Facebook published Cassandra as an open-source project on Google Code. It was accepted as an Apache Incubator project in March 2009. The project advanced to a top-level project on February 17, 2010.

With historical references to a curse on an oracle, Facebook's database was given the name Cassandra by its creators in honour of the Trojan fabled prophet.

Question 3

Which statement regarding Apache Cassandra is accurate?

Accepted Answer

Apache Cassandra is a free and open-source

Answer

Explanation:
Apache Cassandra is a free and open-source.

Question 4

Cassandra utilizes _________ by default for cluster communication.

Accepted Answer

7000

Answer

Explanation:
Cassandra uses port numbers 9042 for native protocol clients, 7000 for cluster communication (or 7001 if SSL is enabled), and 7199 for JMX by default.

Question 5

Which of the subsequent APIs is used by Cassandra's Column Families and Tables?

Accepted Answer

Column Family-CQL API ;Table-Thrift API

Answer

Explanation:
Correct Answer: Column Family-CQL API ;Table-Thrift API.

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Free Cassandra MCQ Questions and Answers