Cloudera CCAH CCA-500

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Cloudera CCA-500 Exam Overview:

Certification Vendor:	Cloudera
Exam Name:	Cloudera Certified Administrator for Apache Hadoop (CCAH) - CCA-500
Exam Number:	CCA-500
Exam Format:	Scenario-based questions, Multiple choice
Related Certifications:	Cloudera Certified Professional (CCP) Cloudera Certified Associate (CCA)
Exam Duration:	90-120
Available Languages:	English
Recommended Training:	Cloudera Training Courses
Exam Registration:	Cloudera Certification Registration
Sample Questions:
Exam Way:	Proctored exam (online or authorized test center depending on provider availability)
Pre Condition:	Recommended experience with Linux systems, distributed computing concepts, and basic Hadoop ecosystem knowledge.
Official Syllabus URL:	https://www.cloudera.com/training/certification.html

Cloudera CCA-500 Exam Syllabus Topics:

Cloudera Certified Administrator for Apache Hadoop (CCAH) Exam FAQ: What Candidates Ask Most

What is the Cloudera CCA-500 exam?

The CCA-500 exam is the official Cloudera exam behind the Cloudera Certified Administrator for Apache Hadoop (CCAH) certification, validating the skills measured by the Cloudera Certified Administrator for Apache Hadoop (CCAH) credential. It sits at the Professional level of the Cloudera certification program. It also connects to Cloudera Certified Associate (CCA), Cloudera Certified Professional (CCP), so the knowledge you build here carries over to those tracks as well.

Are there any prerequisites for the CCA-500 exam?

Recommended experience with Linux systems, distributed computing concepts, and basic Hadoop ecosystem knowledge. Requirements can change when Cloudera revises its certification program, so confirm the current eligibility rules on the official exam page before you register.

How do I register for the CCA-500 exam?

You can book the Cloudera Certified Administrator for Apache Hadoop (CCAH) exam through the official registration channels below:

• Cloudera Certification Registration

As for delivery, the exam is offered in the following format: Proctored exam (online or authorized test center depending on provider availability). Choose the option that suits you best when you book your seat.

What official training is recommended for the CCA-500 exam?

Cloudera recommends the following training resources for the Cloudera Certified Administrator for Apache Hadoop (CCAH) exam:

• Cloudera Training Courses

Official courses build the foundation; the 60 practice questions from Getcertkey then show you how that knowledge is examined, so the two work best together.

Can I try the CCA-500 practice questions before I buy?

Yes. Getcertkey provides a free CCA-500 PDF demo so you can review the question style and answer quality before purchasing. Every purchase also includes 365 days of free updates — if Cloudera revises the exam during that period, the updated material reaches you at no cost. Once the free-update year ends, you can extend your update service at a 50% discount.

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What topics are covered in the CCA-500 exam?

The Cloudera Certified Administrator for Apache Hadoop (CCAH) exam blueprint is organized into 5 domains. The first three are:

• Security and Access Control
• Cluster Administration and Maintenance
• Data Management and Processing

For the complete domain-by-domain breakdown, scroll up to the full exam topics outline above and use it to plan how you distribute your study time.

Cloudera Certified Administrator for Apache Hadoop (CCAH) Sample Questions:

Question #1
You have recently converted your Hadoop cluster from a MapReduce 1 (MRv1) architecture to MapReduce 2 (MRv2)
on YARN architecture. Your developers are accustomed to specifying map and reduce tasks (resource allocation) tasks
when they run jobs: A developer wants to know how specify to reduce tasks when a specific job runs. Which method
should you tell that developers to implement?

A. MapReduce version 2 (MRv2) on YARN abstracts resource allocation away from the idea of "tasks" into memory and
virtual cores, thus eliminating the need for a developer to specify the number of reduce tasks, and indeed preventing
the developer from specifying the number of
reduce tasks.
B. In YARN, the ApplicationMaster is responsible for requesting the resource required for a
specific launch. Thus, executing -D yarn.applicationmaster.reduce.tasks=2 will specify that the
ApplicationMaster launch two task contains on the worker nodes.
C. In YARN, resource allocation is function of virtual cores specified by the ApplicationManager
making requests to the NodeManager where a reduce task is handeled by a single container (and
thus a single virtual core). Thus, the developer needs to specify the number of virtual cores to the
NodeManager by executing -p yarn.nodemanager.cpu-vcores=2
D. Developers specify reduce tasks in the exact same way for both MapReduce version 1 (MRv1)
and MapReduce version 2 (MRv2) on YARN. Thus, executing -D mapreduce.job.reduces-2 will
specify reduce tasks.
E. In YARN, resource allocations is a function of megabytes of memory in multiples of 1024mb.
Thus, they should specify the amount of memory resource they need by executing -D mapreducereduces.
memory-mb-2048

Question #2
You have just run a MapReduce job to filter user messages to only those of a selected geographical region. The output
for this job is in a directory named westUsers, located just below your home directory in HDFS. Which command
gathers these into a single file on your local file system?

A. Hadoop fs -getemerge westUsers westUsers.txt
B. Hadoop fs -cp westUsers/* westUsers.txt
C. Hadoop fs -get westUsers westUsers.txt
D. Hadoop fs -getmerge -R westUsers.txt

Question #3
Which YARN daemon or service monitors a Controller's per-application resource using (e.g., memory CPU)?

A. NodeManager
B. ApplicationMaster
C. ResourceManager
D. ApplicationManagerService

Question #4
You want to understand more about how users browse your public website. For example, you want to know which
pages they visit prior to placing an order. You have a server farm of 200 web servers hosting your website. Which is
the most efficient process to gather these web server across logs into your Hadoop cluster analysis?

A. Sample the web server logs web servers and copy them into HDFS using curl
B. Write a MapReeeduce job with the web servers for mappers and the Hadoop cluster nodes for reducers
C. Ingest the server web logs into HDFS using Flume
D. Import all user clicks from your OLTP databases into Hadoop using Sqoop
E. Channel these clickstreams into Hadoop using Hadoop Streaming

Question #5
Which YARN process run as "container 0" of a submitted job and is responsible for resource qrequests?

A. NodeManager
B. ApplicationManager
C. ResoureManager
D. JobTracker
E. JobHistoryServer
F. ApplicationMaster

Solutions: