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

Database systems with small data sets and high throughput applications can challenge the capacity of a single server. True or False?

True

False

2 / 20

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

isMaster

range

document

tree

3 / 20

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

root

primary

hash

all of the mentioned

4 / 20

________ servers store the cluster’s metadata.

Config

Master

Local

All of the mentioned

5 / 20

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

True

False

6 / 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

7 / 20

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

True

False

8 / 20

MongoDB supports horizontal scaling through Sharding, distributing data across several machines, and facilitating high throughput operations with large sets of data. True or False?

True

False

9 / 20

Production sharded clusters have exactly ______ config servers.

10 / 20

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

True

False

11 / 20

Tags are the primary mechanism to control the behavior of the _______ and the distribution of chunks in a cluster.

Collector

Balancer

Compactor

All of the mentioned

12 / 20

High query rates can exhaust the CPU capacity of the server. True or False?

True

False

13 / 20

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

True

False

14 / 20

MongoDB allows administrators to direct the balancing policy using ______ aware sharding.

replica

tag

rack

all of the mentioned

15 / 20

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

Query Routers

Query Parsers

Query Executors

None of the mentioned

16 / 20

How many types of sharding exist in MongoDB?

17 / 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

18 / 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

19 / 20

_______-based partitioning, by contrast, ensures an even distribution of data at the expense of efficient range queries.

Range

Hash

Table

None of the mentioned

20 / 20

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

cluster

metadata

replica

all of the mentioned

Your score is

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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!