Gujarat Technological UniversitySummer 2025 Examination

GTU 3161607 Big Data Analytics Summer 2025 Paper Solution & PDF

B.E. · IT Engineering · Semester 6 · Subject Code: 3161607
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Total Marks70 MarksExternal theory exam
Passing Marks23 Marks33% minimum cutoff
Exam Duration2.5 Hours10:30 AM – 1:00 PM
Paper Structure5 QuestionsWith internal OR choices
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Question 1

14 MarksMedium
(a)
What are the key characteristics of Big Data?
3 Marks
(b)

What are the challenges of the conventional data management systems when handling Big Data?

4 Marks
(c)

Explain the anatomy of a MapReduce job run, including failures and task execution.

7 Marks

Question 2

14 MarksMedium
(a)
Explain the physical organization of compute nodes in Hadoop.
3 Marks
(b)
Explain the process of job scheduling in Hadoop.
4 Marks
(c)

Describe the steps involved in setting up a Hadoop cluster with basic commands.

7 Marks
OR OPTION
(c)

Write a Spark program to implement the PageRank algorithm using PySpark or Scala.

7 Marks

Question 3

14 MarksMedium
(a)
What is NoSQL? List different types of Nosql Databases.
3 Marks
(b)
What are the fundamentals of HBase in Big Data processing?
4 Marks
(c)

Write a MapReduce program to find the highest and lowest temperatures from a dataset containing daily temperature recordings.

7 Marks
OR OPTION
(a)
Describe the role of ZooKeeper in Hadoop.
3 Marks
(b)
Describe the architecture patterns of NoSQL databases.
4 Marks
(c)

Write a Python program using the MongoDB driver (PyMongo) to perform CRUD (Create, Read, Update, Delete) operations on a MongoDB collection storing user profiles.

7 Marks

Question 4

14 MarksMedium
(a)

What is the difference between master-slave and peer-to-peer NoSQL distribution models?

3 Marks
(b)

What is the importance of sampling data in a stream? Provide an example of its application.

4 Marks
(c)
Analyze the four ways that NoSQL systems handle Big Data problems.
7 Marks
OR OPTION
(a)
Mention any two case studies of real-time sentiment analysis using Big Data
3 Marks
(b)
How does a shared-nothing architecture help in solving Big Data problems?
4 Marks
(c)

Explain the importance of Stream Computing and give examples of its real- time applications, such as stock market predictions.

7 Marks

Question 5

14 MarksMedium
(a)
What is HiveQL? How does it differ from SQL?
3 Marks
(b)
How does PySpark facilitate interactive data processing?
4 Marks
(c)

What is Spark's role in Big Data analytics? Discuss its advantages over traditional data processing systems.

7 Marks
OR OPTION
(a)
Define Stream Data Model.
3 Marks
(b)
Write a HiveQL query to perform a join operation between two tables:

customers and orders, and find all the orders placed by each customer.

4 Marks
(c)
Discuss the importance of Graph Analytics Frameworks in Big Data analysis.

Provide examples of real-world applications.

7 Marks
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