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Big Data

Question 1 of 5

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Which of these is the largest amount of data?

Select one of the following:

  • 7 gigabytes

  • 3 petabytes

  • 2 terabytes

  • 10 nanobytes

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Question 2 of 5

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Is the World Wide Web used to share Big Data?

Select one of the following:

  • Yes, physicists around the world wanted to download CERN data

  • No, Big Data is secret and cannot be shared

  • Yes, the web made it really quick to download and upload enormous files

  • No, it was invented to share small amounts of information about CERN experiments and results, not the big data itself

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Question 3 of 5

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How does Cloud Computing help us analyze Big Data

Select one of the following:

  • By making the first few GBs of storage free

  • By making it easy to share your data with your colleagues

  • By making available vast computing resources on demand

  • By making it accessible from your smartphone

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Question 4 of 5

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Is there a minimum size needed to be called Big Data?

Select one of the following:

  • Yes, it must be above a terabyte to be called Big Data

  • No, it refers to any large size which exceeds the capacity of a given domain to easily store and process it

  • Yes, if it doesn’t fit on a single modern laptop, it is Big Data

  • No, it refers to the total amount of data ever recorded in the world which is growing all the time

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Question 5 of 5

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What is referred to as data mining?

Select one of the following:

  • Digging in old archives to find tapes full of Big Data

  • Crushing of old disks to recover the magnetic material

  • Methods of pattern recognition within Big Data stores

  • The stockpiling of large amounts of data for later use

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