Cassandra quiz

Test your Cassandra knowledge with a free interactive quiz — 41 questions with answers and explanations. No signup needed to play.

What is a "hot partition" in Cassandra?

1. What is a "hot partition" in Cassandra?
2. What does the QUORUM consistency level require for a table with replication factor 3?
3. What is a partition key in Cassandra?
4. What is denormalization, as it applies to Cassandra data modeling?
5. What data structure best describes how Cassandra is often categorized among NoSQL databases?
6. What consistency level requires only a single replica to acknowledge a read or write?
7. In CQL, can you filter a SELECT on a column that is not part of the primary key or a secondary index without any special clause?
8. In Cassandra's peer-to-peer architecture, how do nodes relate to each other?
9. What is a lightweight transaction (LWT) in Cassandra used for?
10. What is the difference between SimpleStrategy and NetworkTopologyStrategy for keyspace replication?
11. What is a clustering key used for?
12. What client tool is commonly used to run CQL commands interactively against a Cassandra cluster?

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