15 Distributed Caching questions from the Caching bank, written for Indian campus drives and tech interviews. Every question has a verified answer and an AI-tutor explanation on placd.
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A.keeping copies of the same entries on multiple nodes to improve availability and read scalability
B.the choice between a per-node in-process store and a shared external tier reachable by every node over the network
C.partitioning the keyspace across multiple nodes so each holds a distinct subset of the data
D.a key-distribution technique that minimizes remapping when nodes are added or removed from a cluster
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2. Which term means: "the choice between a per-node in-process store and a shared external tier reachable by every node over the network"?
Mid
A.Replication
B.Cluster
C.Sharding
D.Local versus distributed
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3. Which statement is correct?
Mid
A.Local versus distributed — a key-distribution technique that minimizes remapping when nodes are added or removed from a cluster
B.Local versus distributed — keeping copies of the same entries on multiple nodes to improve availability and read scalability
C.Local versus distributed — a group of cooperating nodes presenting a single logical fast store with combined capacity
D.Local versus distributed — the choice between a per-node in-process store and a shared external tier reachable by every node over the network
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4. What is Sharding?
Senior
A.a group of cooperating nodes presenting a single logical fast store with combined capacity
B.partitioning the keyspace across multiple nodes so each holds a distinct subset of the data
C.the choice between a per-node in-process store and a shared external tier reachable by every node over the network
D.a key-distribution technique that minimizes remapping when nodes are added or removed from a cluster
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5. Which term means: "partitioning the keyspace across multiple nodes so each holds a distinct subset of the data"?
Senior
A.Sharding
B.Replication
C.Cluster
D.Local versus distributed
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6. Which statement is correct?
Senior
A.Sharding — partitioning the keyspace across multiple nodes so each holds a distinct subset of the data
B.Sharding — a group of cooperating nodes presenting a single logical fast store with combined capacity
C.Sharding — a key-distribution technique that minimizes remapping when nodes are added or removed from a cluster
D.Sharding — the choice between a per-node in-process store and a shared external tier reachable by every node over the network
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7. What is Replication?
Senior
A.the choice between a per-node in-process store and a shared external tier reachable by every node over the network
B.partitioning the keyspace across multiple nodes so each holds a distinct subset of the data
C.a group of cooperating nodes presenting a single logical fast store with combined capacity
D.keeping copies of the same entries on multiple nodes to improve availability and read scalability
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8. Which term means: "keeping copies of the same entries on multiple nodes to improve availability and read scalability"?
Senior
A.Local versus distributed
B.Replication
C.Sharding
D.Consistent hashing
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9. Which statement is correct?
Senior
A.Replication — the choice between a per-node in-process store and a shared external tier reachable by every node over the network
B.Replication — keeping copies of the same entries on multiple nodes to improve availability and read scalability
C.Replication — a group of cooperating nodes presenting a single logical fast store with combined capacity
D.Replication — a key-distribution technique that minimizes remapping when nodes are added or removed from a cluster
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10. What is Consistent hashing?
Senior
A.a key-distribution technique that minimizes remapping when nodes are added or removed from a cluster
B.a group of cooperating nodes presenting a single logical fast store with combined capacity
C.the choice between a per-node in-process store and a shared external tier reachable by every node over the network
D.keeping copies of the same entries on multiple nodes to improve availability and read scalability
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11. Which term means: "a key-distribution technique that minimizes remapping when nodes are added or removed from a cluster"?
Senior
A.Sharding
B.Consistent hashing
C.Cluster
D.Local versus distributed
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12. Which statement is correct?
Senior
A.Consistent hashing — the choice between a per-node in-process store and a shared external tier reachable by every node over the network
B.Consistent hashing — keeping copies of the same entries on multiple nodes to improve availability and read scalability
C.Consistent hashing — a key-distribution technique that minimizes remapping when nodes are added or removed from a cluster
D.Consistent hashing — a group of cooperating nodes presenting a single logical fast store with combined capacity
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13. What is Cluster?
Mid
A.a key-distribution technique that minimizes remapping when nodes are added or removed from a cluster
B.keeping copies of the same entries on multiple nodes to improve availability and read scalability
C.partitioning the keyspace across multiple nodes so each holds a distinct subset of the data
D.a group of cooperating nodes presenting a single logical fast store with combined capacity
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14. Which term means: "a group of cooperating nodes presenting a single logical fast store with combined capacity"?
Mid
A.Sharding
B.Cluster
C.Replication
D.Consistent hashing
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15. Which statement is correct?
Mid
A.Cluster — partitioning the keyspace across multiple nodes so each holds a distinct subset of the data
B.Cluster — keeping copies of the same entries on multiple nodes to improve availability and read scalability
C.Cluster — a group of cooperating nodes presenting a single logical fast store with combined capacity
D.Cluster — a key-distribution technique that minimizes remapping when nodes are added or removed from a cluster
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