MongoDB Sharding Concepts and Configuration: Intermediate-Level Quiz

MongoDB Sharding Concepts and Configuration Quiz

This quiz focuses on MongoDB's sharding architecture, a strategy for horizontally partitioning large datasets across multiple servers. You'll be tested on key concepts like shard keys, chunk distribution, configuring sharded clusters, and managing data rebalancing. Understanding sharding is essential for building scalable and high-performance MongoDB deployments, especially for applications with large datasets and high query loads. Good Luck!

1 / 20

How many types of sharding exist in MongoDB?

2 / 20

How many components are present in sharded cluster?

3 / 20

To shard a document, you need to select a shard key. True or False?

True

False

4 / 20

To support ________ based sharding, MongoDB provides a hashed index type.

root

primary

hash

all of the mentioned

5 / 20

MongoDB divides the shard key values into replica sets. True or False?

True

False

6 / 20

In MongoDB, Sharding is the process of ___ across multiple machines.

Drop data records

Truncate data records

Storing data records

All of the mentioned above

7 / 20

For hash-based sharding, MongoDB divides the data set into ranges determined by the shard key values to provide hash-based partitioning. True or False?

True

False

8 / 20

_________ interface with client applications and direct operations to the appropriate shard or shards.

Query Routers

Query Parsers

Query Executors

None of the mentioned

9 / 20

MongoDB distributes data, or shards, at the collection level. True or False?

True

False

10 / 20

Cloud-based providers may only allow users to provision smaller instances. True or False?

True

False

11 / 20

_______ scaling adds more CPU and storage resources to increase capacity.

Partition

Horizontal

Vertical

All of the mentioned

12 / 20

________ servers store the cluster’s metadata.

Config

Master

Local

All of the mentioned

13 / 20

MongoDB uses _________ to support deployments with very large data sets and high throughput operations.

replica sets

replication

sharding

all of the mentioned

14 / 20

The query router uses __________ to target operations to specific shards.

cluster

metadata

replica

all of the mentioned

15 / 20

A _________ key is either an indexed field or an indexed compound field that exists in every document in the collection.

shard

cluster b. c. d.

partition

all of the mentioned

16 / 20

Cloud-based providers may only allow users to provision smaller instances. True or False?

True

False

17 / 20

MongoDB supports sharding through the configuration of a sharded ______.

sets

shapes

clusters

all of the mentioned

18 / 20

To divide the shard key values into chunks, MongoDB uses _____ based partitioning.

isMaster

range

document

tree

19 / 20

Use sharded clusters if your data set approaches or exceeds the storage capacity of a single MongoDB instance. True or False?

True

False

20 / 20

Scaling by adding capacity does not have limitations. True or False?

True

False

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MongoDB sharding concepts and configuration entails distributing data across multiple servers to ensure scalability and high availability. It covers how sharding works in MongoDB, including shard keys, balancing data, and configuring sharded clusters.

This quiz is designed for those looking to understand and implement sharding for improved scalability and performance in MongoDB environments.

Best of luck!