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08-27-2020
12:42 AM
The video does not play! What will have access to in this new exam format. Even getting information about the exam environment is shrouded in mystery! Well done Cloudera!
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07-22-2020
01:36 AM
Considering the amount of effort required to get Cloudera to work would it not just be easier to install and configure Hadoop on your own?
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07-21-2020
12:28 PM
Unfortunately your response was not all that helpful. Why you might ask? Well, all those buttons saying “Start a topic”| “Create an article”| “PRESS ME” don’t exist half the time! If those buttons were there whilst I was trying to post do you think I would have posted in this random part of the forum? Are you aware just how rubbish this site is? I hope my feedback is of help to you.
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07-21-2020
03:08 AM
Why is it so difficult to vreate a new post. This was the only page that allowed me to post. Why is that?
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07-20-2020
07:11 AM
...................Then they referred me back to this form! Might I also suggest exploring the Cloudera community forum for additional discussion with users on concerns and questions you may have. Reading other posts from previous years I've noticed this pattern where the senior guy on this forum suggests you contact exam support only for exam suport to refer people back to this forum. What a joke!
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07-20-2020
04:26 AM
This is the useless response I got back. So generic! They seem to think that in order to protect the exam process they must do so by not clearly divulging the exam syllabus. Well done! By the way whoever deletes this post as they did the previous one should be ashamed of working for such a rubbish company! Thanks for getting in touch about the exam. While we can't directly discuss the specifics you’ve mentioned as matter of policy (due to preserving exam integrity), I’d like to share the below information and resources with you: 1) You can find out more about the Developer exam and the updated recommended preparation you can expect during your exam at https://www.cloudera.com/about/training/certification/cca-spark.html 2) This page includes information on the updated required skills, and an updated outline of the documentation as well, made available to you during the course of the exam. 3) There are also links to our Certification Terms and Conditions and our FAQ pages. 4) You may check out the exam provider, PSI online's FAQ as well before scheduling your exam. We changed the requirements for some of the exams, check the Required Skills section. We wanted them to be more in line with updates to the courses that we teach. We removed some topics from the previous versions of the exam (ie Sqoop used to be on the exam and is now gone). There is only a single terminal which should prevent any issues with lag as had previously been experienced during the exam. Also, the remote desktop has been removed and the user interface has been simplified. There is no text editor in the new, simplified environment. There are multiple interactive shells to do the work, which are mentioned in the updated video. All websites, including Google/search functionality and access to Spark external packages, are disabled. You may not use notes or other exam aids. Hope this helps!
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07-18-2020
02:59 AM
Thanks for your efforts Shelton.
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07-18-2020
01:43 AM
Thanks for your response Shelton. I would like to gently remind you & the admins of something. When you are a beginner, the recommended documentation is not always as helpful as it seems to those who already have an understanding of what they’re doing! I would appreciate input from anyone else that is looking to sit or has sat the CCA175 exam. Aside from increasing the available memory what else would you/ have you considered to optimise performance using spark-shell or pySpark. I’m curious as to why this not made clear by Cloudera. For the exams, we have access to the same platform CDH 6.1. Surely one setting should to it. For example, use maximum memory/ partition by column name etc Danke Guys!
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07-17-2020
11:05 PM
Shelton, Thanks for the response. I am unable to understand what it is that you have written. My question relates to CCA175 exam syllabus where they say that all candidates should be familar with all aspects of generating a result, not just writing code. One example they give is that one should kow how to increase available memory. I don't know how to increase available memory. Do you? They give no other examples so I don't know what to search for! FYI, I will not be going anywhere near the Hive CLI. In the exam I will be working exclusively from the spark-shell & using Spark SQL via a SparkSession Thanks for your help & effort, though unfortunately it hasn't been of use to me at this time. Could you perhaps give another example? Danke!
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