Question 1

What is an example of hybrid-cloud deployment?

Options :

A : Cassandra in on-premise data center accessed from AWS virtual machines.

B : Cassandra deployed on both on-premise and on Azure virtual machines.

C : Cassandra in two inter-connected on-premise data centers.

D : Cassandra in two separate on-premise data centers.

Answer: B

Question 2

Define the primary key for accounts_by_user:

Options :

A : PRIMARY KEY (username, account_number ASC)

B : PRIMARY KEY ((username), account_number)

C : PRIMARY KEY (username, (account_number))

D : PRIMARY KEY ((username, account_number))

Answer: B

Question 3

Which is NOT true for a read repair?

Options :

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 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?

Options :

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

When to use a secondary index?

Options :

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