Queries about THE HDPCD:SPARK EXAM

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Writing to learn about some of the pointers for THE HDPCD:SPARK EXAM which aren't listed in HDPCD FAQ's Below I have mentioned some queries which I need assistance your on:- 1.) As your website say's, As of now hortonworks doesn't provides practice test for Spark. May I know where I can refer the contents of the exam's number of questions being asked ? The level of the exam ? 2.) My laptop would not be having the required resolution. In that case what if I connect it with any external LCD/LED screen ? 3.) In case of power-outage or internet connectivity Issues. How can I reconnect to the exam ?

@allaboutbdata

[#2]

1) The current Spark exam consists of 7 hands-on tasks and you need to get 4 correct to pass. A task either right or wrong - there is no partial credit. If you need experience with Spark on HDP, I recommend candidates work through the Spark tutorials on the Hortonworks Sandbox.

2) Any resolution should work fine for the Spark exam. It does not have a specific resolution requirement.

3) If you get disconnected at any time, log back in to examslocal.com and attempt to re-launch the exam. The exam proctor will take over from there and assist in getting you back up and running.

[#3]

Thanks for the response @Rich Raposa

I checked one of your response here

You suggested for Hortonworks Spark tutorials. However, when I navigated to Training-Link I found that spark tutorials are yet to be launched by Hortonworks "**Coming Soon".

Can you please help for any other reference link from where I can get an idea about the level and type of questions for the exam ?

[#4]

So quick question about the HDPCD:Spark exam, out of 7 tasks we need to get 4 right instead of 5 as opposed to the HDPCD exam?

[#5]

Well anything can change at any time, but yes - you currently need to get 4 correct out of 7 to pass the Spark exam.

[#6]

Hi,

could you describe the environment for the test? Do we have to make scala programs to be submitted or do we have to work on the spark-shell itself? If so, how would we submit the code from spark-shell?

[#7]

That is not the link to the Sandbox tutorials. Try this one:

http://hortonworks.com/tutorials/

[#8]

Hello Abhishek, To answer your question regarding the environment of the test, here are the versions:

• HDP 2.4.0
• Spark 1.6
• Scala 2.10.5
• Python 2.7.6 (pyspark)

You will submit the code in the spark (or python) shell. You can either write a script to a file and then execute the file or type directly on the shell. I hope that this helps.

[#9]

@wgonzalez, Since Spark 2.0 version is released, is it possible to take the exam in this version. If not, any idea when would the exam support Spark 2.0 version

[#10]

I understand that we can use python/spark shell to write spark code. But one of the topic in syllabus says "Run a Spark job on YARN". How does it possible with shell? I know how to run a jar in local/yarn mode but this is confusing... any clarification will be appreciated