Cassandra interview questions

15 real Cassandra questions from the NoSQL bank, as asked in Indian campus drives and tech interviews. Every question has a verified answer and an AI-tutor explanation on placd — free to start.

1. What is Wide-column row?

Mid
  1. A.the part of the primary key that orders rows on disk within a single partition
  2. B.a marker written to record that a value was deleted, so the removal propagates across replicas before compaction reclaims it
  3. C.the configured number of nodes that keep a copy of each partition in a keyspace
  4. D.a record whose columns can vary per row and can number in the millions under one partition
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3. Which statement is correct?

Mid
  1. A.Wide-column row — a marker written to record that a value was deleted, so the removal propagates across replicas before compaction reclaims it
  2. B.Wide-column row — the configured number of nodes that keep a copy of each partition in a keyspace
  3. C.Wide-column row — the write-optimized storage structure that buffers writes in memory and flushes sorted immutable files to disk
  4. D.Wide-column row — a record whose columns can vary per row and can number in the millions under one partition
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4. What is Clustering key?

Mid
  1. A.the write-optimized storage structure that buffers writes in memory and flushes sorted immutable files to disk
  2. B.the part of the primary key that orders rows on disk within a single partition
  3. C.a record whose columns can vary per row and can number in the millions under one partition
  4. D.a marker written to record that a value was deleted, so the removal propagates across replicas before compaction reclaims it
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6. Which statement is correct?

Mid
  1. A.Clustering key — a marker written to record that a value was deleted, so the removal propagates across replicas before compaction reclaims it
  2. B.Clustering key — the write-optimized storage structure that buffers writes in memory and flushes sorted immutable files to disk
  3. C.Clustering key — the configured number of nodes that keep a copy of each partition in a keyspace
  4. D.Clustering key — the part of the primary key that orders rows on disk within a single partition
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7. What is LSM tree?

Senior
  1. A.the configured number of nodes that keep a copy of each partition in a keyspace
  2. B.the write-optimized storage structure that buffers writes in memory and flushes sorted immutable files to disk
  3. C.a record whose columns can vary per row and can number in the millions under one partition
  4. D.a marker written to record that a value was deleted, so the removal propagates across replicas before compaction reclaims it
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9. Which statement is correct?

Senior
  1. A.LSM tree — the write-optimized storage structure that buffers writes in memory and flushes sorted immutable files to disk
  2. B.LSM tree — the configured number of nodes that keep a copy of each partition in a keyspace
  3. C.LSM tree — a marker written to record that a value was deleted, so the removal propagates across replicas before compaction reclaims it
  4. D.LSM tree — a record whose columns can vary per row and can number in the millions under one partition
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10. What is Tombstone?

Senior
  1. A.a record whose columns can vary per row and can number in the millions under one partition
  2. B.the part of the primary key that orders rows on disk within a single partition
  3. C.the configured number of nodes that keep a copy of each partition in a keyspace
  4. D.a marker written to record that a value was deleted, so the removal propagates across replicas before compaction reclaims it
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11. Which term means: "a marker written to record that a value was deleted, so the removal propagates across replicas before compaction reclaims it"?

Senior
  1. A.Wide-column row
  2. B.Tombstone
  3. C.Clustering key
  4. D.LSM tree
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12. Which statement is correct?

Senior
  1. A.Tombstone — a record whose columns can vary per row and can number in the millions under one partition
  2. B.Tombstone — a marker written to record that a value was deleted, so the removal propagates across replicas before compaction reclaims it
  3. C.Tombstone — the configured number of nodes that keep a copy of each partition in a keyspace
  4. D.Tombstone — the write-optimized storage structure that buffers writes in memory and flushes sorted immutable files to disk
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13. What is Replication factor?

Mid
  1. A.the configured number of nodes that keep a copy of each partition in a keyspace
  2. B.a marker written to record that a value was deleted, so the removal propagates across replicas before compaction reclaims it
  3. C.a record whose columns can vary per row and can number in the millions under one partition
  4. D.the write-optimized storage structure that buffers writes in memory and flushes sorted immutable files to disk
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15. Which statement is correct?

Mid
  1. A.Replication factor — a record whose columns can vary per row and can number in the millions under one partition
  2. B.Replication factor — the write-optimized storage structure that buffers writes in memory and flushes sorted immutable files to disk
  3. C.Replication factor — the configured number of nodes that keep a copy of each partition in a keyspace
  4. D.Replication factor — a marker written to record that a value was deleted, so the removal propagates across replicas before compaction reclaims it
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