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Big Data Quiz

Deleted user 5 questions Updated 14 May 2019

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Questions in this quiz (5)

1Which of these is the largest amount of data?
1. A7 gigabytes
2. B3 petabytes
3. C2 terabytes
4. D10 nanobytes
2Was the web invented to share Big Data?
1. AYes, physicists around the world wanted to download CERN data
2. BNo, Big Data is secret and cannot be shared
3. CYes, the web made it really quick to download and upload enormous files
4. DNo, it was invented to share small amounts of information about CERN experiments and results, not the big data itself
3How does Cloud Computing help us analyze Big Data
1. ABy making the first few GBs of storage free
2. BBy making it easy to share your data with your colleagues
3. CBy making available vast computing resources on demand
4. DBy making it accessible from your smartphone
4Is there a minimum size needed to be called Big Data?
1. AYes, it must be above a terabyte to be called Big Data
2. BNo, it refers to any large size which exceeds the capacity of a given domain to easily store and process it
3. CYes, if it doesn’t fit on a single modern laptop, it is Big Data
4. DNo, it refers to the total amount of data ever recorded in the world which is growing all the time
5What is referred to as data mining?
1. ADigging in old archives to find tapes full of Big Data
2. BCrushing of old disks to recover the magnetic material
3. CMethods of pattern recognition within Big Data stores
4. DThe stockpiling of large amounts of data for later use