Use Cases interview questions

15 real Use Cases questions from the Redis 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 Session store?

Junior
  1. A.coordinating exclusive access across processes by atomically setting a uniquely-tagged key with an expiry to avoid deadlock
  2. B.a unique random value stored with a mutual-exclusion key so only the holder can safely release it and never another client's
  3. C.capping how many actions a client may perform in a window by atomically incrementing a counter that expires
  4. D.keeping per-user web session state in memory with automatic lifespan so logins expire without manual cleanup
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3. Which statement is correct?

Junior
  1. A.Session store — capping how many actions a client may perform in a window by atomically incrementing a counter that expires
  2. B.Session store — a unique random value stored with a mutual-exclusion key so only the holder can safely release it and never another client's
  3. C.Session store — keeping per-user web session state in memory with automatic lifespan so logins expire without manual cleanup
  4. D.Session store — ranking players or items by score using a structure that returns top-N and individual rank in logarithmic time
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4. What is Leaderboard?

Mid
  1. A.keeping per-user web session state in memory with automatic lifespan so logins expire without manual cleanup
  2. B.capping how many actions a client may perform in a window by atomically incrementing a counter that expires
  3. C.ranking players or items by score using a structure that returns top-N and individual rank in logarithmic time
  4. D.coordinating exclusive access across processes by atomically setting a uniquely-tagged key with an expiry to avoid deadlock
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6. Which statement is correct?

Mid
  1. A.Leaderboard — a unique random value stored with a mutual-exclusion key so only the holder can safely release it and never another client's
  2. B.Leaderboard — coordinating exclusive access across processes by atomically setting a uniquely-tagged key with an expiry to avoid deadlock
  3. C.Leaderboard — capping how many actions a client may perform in a window by atomically incrementing a counter that expires
  4. D.Leaderboard — ranking players or items by score using a structure that returns top-N and individual rank in logarithmic time
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7. What is Rate limiting?

Mid
  1. A.ranking players or items by score using a structure that returns top-N and individual rank in logarithmic time
  2. B.a unique random value stored with a mutual-exclusion key so only the holder can safely release it and never another client's
  3. C.capping how many actions a client may perform in a window by atomically incrementing a counter that expires
  4. D.coordinating exclusive access across processes by atomically setting a uniquely-tagged key with an expiry to avoid deadlock
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9. Which statement is correct?

Mid
  1. A.Rate limiting — a unique random value stored with a mutual-exclusion key so only the holder can safely release it and never another client's
  2. B.Rate limiting — coordinating exclusive access across processes by atomically setting a uniquely-tagged key with an expiry to avoid deadlock
  3. C.Rate limiting — capping how many actions a client may perform in a window by atomically incrementing a counter that expires
  4. D.Rate limiting — ranking players or items by score using a structure that returns top-N and individual rank in logarithmic time
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10. What is Distributed lock?

Senior
  1. A.capping how many actions a client may perform in a window by atomically incrementing a counter that expires
  2. B.ranking players or items by score using a structure that returns top-N and individual rank in logarithmic time
  3. C.a unique random value stored with a mutual-exclusion key so only the holder can safely release it and never another client's
  4. D.coordinating exclusive access across processes by atomically setting a uniquely-tagged key with an expiry to avoid deadlock
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11. Which term means: "coordinating exclusive access across processes by atomically setting a uniquely-tagged key with an expiry to avoid deadlock"?

Senior
  1. A.Session store
  2. B.Lock ownership token
  3. C.Rate limiting
  4. D.Distributed lock
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12. Which statement is correct?

Senior
  1. A.Distributed lock — coordinating exclusive access across processes by atomically setting a uniquely-tagged key with an expiry to avoid deadlock
  2. B.Distributed lock — a unique random value stored with a mutual-exclusion key so only the holder can safely release it and never another client's
  3. C.Distributed lock — ranking players or items by score using a structure that returns top-N and individual rank in logarithmic time
  4. D.Distributed lock — capping how many actions a client may perform in a window by atomically incrementing a counter that expires
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13. What is Lock ownership token?

Senior
  1. A.capping how many actions a client may perform in a window by atomically incrementing a counter that expires
  2. B.ranking players or items by score using a structure that returns top-N and individual rank in logarithmic time
  3. C.coordinating exclusive access across processes by atomically setting a uniquely-tagged key with an expiry to avoid deadlock
  4. D.a unique random value stored with a mutual-exclusion key so only the holder can safely release it and never another client's
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14. Which term means: "a unique random value stored with a mutual-exclusion key so only the holder can safely release it and never another client's"?

Senior
  1. A.Leaderboard
  2. B.Rate limiting
  3. C.Lock ownership token
  4. D.Session store
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15. Which statement is correct?

Senior
  1. A.Lock ownership token — capping how many actions a client may perform in a window by atomically incrementing a counter that expires
  2. B.Lock ownership token — keeping per-user web session state in memory with automatic lifespan so logins expire without manual cleanup
  3. C.Lock ownership token — a unique random value stored with a mutual-exclusion key so only the holder can safely release it and never another client's
  4. D.Lock ownership token — coordinating exclusive access across processes by atomically setting a uniquely-tagged key with an expiry to avoid deadlock
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