MongoDB Administration Concepts: Intermediate-Level Quiz

MongoDB Administration Concepts Quiz

This quiz focuses on essential MongoDB administration tasks such as backups, monitoring, replication, and security. You’ll test your knowledge of managing databases, optimizing performance, and ensuring data availability and integrity. Good luck!

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The mechanics of snapshots depend on the underlying storage system. True or False?

True

False

2 / 21

What does the --oplog option do when used with the mongodump command?

Include the oplog to create a point-in-time backup for replica sets

Export data into a different format

Monitor query performance

Optimize the backup process

3 / 21

The journal must reside on the same logical volume as the other MongoDB data files. True or False?

True

False

4 / 21

To get a consistent snapshot of a sharded system, you must enable the balancer. True or False?

True

False

5 / 21

On Linux the ______ manager can create a snapshot.

MMS

LVM

SVM

none of the above

6 / 21

Backups produced by copying the underlying data do support point-in-time recovery. True or False?

True

False

7 / 21

To get a correct snapshot of a running mongod process, you must have _________ enabled.

MMS

journaling

replication

none of the above

8 / 21

What is the purpose of MongoDB's Journaling feature?

To track database queries

To create backups

To ensure data durability by recording write operations before they are applied to the data files

To optimize read performance

9 / 21

Ops Manager maintains one _____ database for each backed-up replica set.

tail

mdump

head

none of the above

10 / 21

What is the role of the mongostat tool in MongoDB administration?

Create indexes

Backup data

Import data

Monitor the status of MongoDB instances

11 / 21

What is the primary purpose of the mongotop command?

Monitor database operations and how much time MongoDB spends reading and writing data

Create indexes

Backup the database

Import data into MongoDB

12 / 21

In a sharded cluster, each shard contains a subset of the data for the entire MongoDB deployment. True or False?

True

False

13 / 21

Ops Manager provides Ops Manager ________ and Ops Manager Backup, which helps users optimize clusters and mitigate operational risk.

Administration

Performance

Monitoring

None of the above

14 / 21

If your storage system does not support snapshots, you can copy the files directly using ____________

copy

snap

none of the above

15 / 21

Which command is used to back up a MongoDB database?

mongos

mongoexport

mongorestore

mongodump

16 / 21

The _______ tool reads data from a MongoDB database and creates high fidelity BSON files.

mongostore

mdump

mongod

mongodump

17 / 21

The amount of oplog to keep per backup is configurable and affects the time window available for checkpoint and point-in-time restores. True or False?

True

False

18 / 21

Which of the following can trigger automatic failover in a MongoDB replica set?

An increase in the number of queries

Backup completion

Primary node failure

Index creation

19 / 21

Sharded clusters snapshots temporarily stop the balancer via _____________

MonitorMMS

Mongod

mongos

MMS

20 / 21

To mitigate Mongodump's impact on the performance of the replica set, use Mongodump to capture backups from a _________ member of a replica set.

Snapshot

Primary

Secondary

Store

21 / 21

Which feature of MongoDB helps ensure that only authorized users can access the database?

Authentication and Authorization

Sharding

Replica sets

Indexing

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MongoDB Administration Concepts focuses on managing and maintaining MongoDB databases. It includes setting up users, controlling access, creating backups, and monitoring database performance. It also covers methods to ensure data is secure, available, and efficient.

This quiz is designed for database administrators, IT professionals, and developers responsible for managing MongoDB who wish to test their knowledge.

Good luck.