Gujarat Technological UniversitySummer 2026 examination

GTU 3170722 Big Data Analytics (BDA) Summer 2026 Question Paper & PDF

B.E. · Computer Engineering · Semester 7 · Subject code 3170722
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Total
70 marks
To pass
23 marks (33%)
Duration
2.5 Hours 2:30 PM – 5:00 PM
Questions
5 with internal choice
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11 of 25 questions on this paper were also asked in other years. Each is marked below with the years it appeared.See all 20 repeated 3170722 questions, most asked first

Q.1

14 Marks
(a)
3 marks
What is Big data? Explain sources of big data.
(b)
4 marksAsked in 2 of 4 papers
Describe Traditional vs. Big Data business approach.

Also asked in Summer 2024 Q1a

(c)
7 marksAsked in 3 of 4 papers
Write a short note on Hadoop Architecture.

Also asked in Winter 2025 Q1c, Summer 2025 Q1c

Q.2

14 Marks
(a)
3 marks

Explain basic Components of Analyzing the Data with Hadoop.

(b)
4 marksAsked in 4 of 4 papers
Explain 4 V’s of Big data

Also asked in Winter 2025 Q1b, Summer 2025 Q1a, Summer 2024 Q1c

(c)
7 marksAsked in 2 of 4 papers

Write a short note on HDFS (Hadoop Distributed File System).

Also asked in Summer 2025 Q2c

(c)
7 marks

Discuss Hadoop YARN in detail with failures in classic MapReduce.

Q.3

14 Marks
(a)
3 marks

Give difference between master-slave model and peer-to- peer model.

(b)
4 marksAsked in 2 of 4 papers

Elaborate Key-value stores, Graph stores, Column family stores & Document stores.

Also asked in Summer 2025 Q3c

(c)
7 marksAsked in 2 of 4 papers
Explain the architecture of HBase

Also asked in Summer 2024 Q4c OR

(a)
3 marksAsked in 2 of 4 papers
What is Zookeeper?

Also asked in Winter 2025 Q4b OR

(b)
4 marks
Differentiate between HIVE and HBASE.
(c)
7 marksAsked in 2 of 4 papers

Which Four ways that NoSQL systems handle big data problems.

Also asked in Winter 2025 Q3a OR

Q.4

14 Marks
(a)
3 marks
What is Pig?
(b)
4 marksAsked in 2 of 4 papers

What is Stream Computing and Sampling Data in a Stream?

Also asked in Winter 2025 Q3b OR

(c)
7 marks

Discuss about How E-Commerce is Using Big Data to Improve Business in detail.

(a)
3 marks
How MongoDB is better than SQL database?
(b)
4 marksAsked in 2 of 4 papers
Write a short note on Decaying Window.

Also asked in Winter 2025 Q4a

(c)
7 marksAsked in 2 of 4 papers

Explain the HiveQL-Select-Order By with suitable example.

Also asked in Summer 2024 Q4a OR

Q.5

14 Marks
(a)
3 marks
Write a short note on Spark.
(b)
4 marks
Explain HIVE data types in brief.
(c)
7 marks
Explain CRUD operations in MongoDB.
(a)
3 marks
Describe data processing operators in Pig.
(b)
4 marks
Explain Replication and scaling feature of MongoDB.
(c)
7 marks
Explain Spark Architecture.

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Official Gujarat Technological University (GTU) examination paper for Big Data Analytics (BDA) (Summer 2026, B.E. · Computer Engineering, Sem 7). Features complete 70-mark regular & remedial examination pattern, official marking distribution across all 5 questions, and direct 1-click official PDF download.

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