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Q41. Which of the collections allows null as the key ?

a. HashTable
b. HashMap
c. TreeMap
d. LinkedHashMap

Core Java

Ans. HashMap

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Q42. Effective Java 6 , TreeMap implements ...

a. Map Interface
b. SortedMap Interface
c. NavigableMap Interface
d. SortedNavigableMap Interface

Ans. SortedMap Interface

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Q43. Which of the following is a valid flow in Hadoop ?

a. Input -> Reducer -> Mapper -> Combiner -> -> Output
b. Input -> Mapper -> Reducer -> Combiner -> Output
c. Input -> Mapper -> Combiner -> Reducer -> Output
d. Input -> Reducer -> Combiner -> Mapper -> Output

Ans. Input -> Mapper -> Combiner -> Reducer -> Output

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Q44. MapReduce was devised by ...

a. Apple
b. Google
c. Microsoft
d. Samsung

Ans. Google

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Q45. Which of the following is not a phase of Reducer ?

a. Map
b. Reduce
c. Shuffle
d. Sort

Ans. Map

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Q46. What is the input to the Reduce function ?

a. One Key and One Value
b. Multiple Keys and Multiple associated Values
c. Multiple Keys and One associated values with each
d. One key and associated values.

Ans. One key and associated values.

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Q47. Which of the following is the implementation language for Map Reduce Framework ?

a. Big Data
b. Hadoop
c. Java
d. C++

Ans. Java

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Q48. Write a Method to get a map of words and their count by passing in the string

Core Java

Ans. http://javasearch.buggybread.com/CodeSnippets/searchCodeSamples.php?keyword=Method+to+get+a+map+of+words&category=code

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Q49. What is unmodifiable set / unmodifiable map ? How can we create one ?

Ans. It is an unmodifiable / read only view of the underlying collection. We can use

Collections.unmodifiableSet(Set set)
Collections.unmodifiableMap(Map map)
Collections.unmodifiableCollection(Collection collection)

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Q50. What is IdentityHashMap ?

Core Java

Ans. IdentityHashMap is a class that implements AbstractMap and provides a data structure with Elements having Key Value pair, just like HashMap. It is similar to HashMap except that it uses reference equality when comparing elements.

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Q51. What is the difference between filter and filter-mappings xml tag within deployment descriptor ?

Java EE

Ans. filter tag speficies the filter name and respective class for handling filter action whereas filter mapping maps the filter to the url patterns ( specifying the url that needs to be intercepted )

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Q52. Difference between concurrentHashMap and HashTable ?

Core Java

Ans. HashTable locks the complete collection to provide synchronization whereas ConcurrentHashMap only locks segments to achieve synchronization and hence better efficient and faster.

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Q53. isnt the use of HashTable and ConcurrentHashMap the same, i.e providing synchronized map collection ?

Core Java

Ans. Yes, they both aim at providing synchronized access to the Map collection. The only difference is in their implementation. ConcurrentHashMap came after HashTable and hence technically more efficient as it doesn't lock the complete map while accessing it.

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Q54. Difference between Mutex and Semaphore?

Operating System

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Q55. What is the difference between CountingSemaphore and a CountDownLatch?

Operating System

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Q56. What is the difference between Java SE Map and Apache Commons MultiMap ? How can we implement functionality similar to multimap using Java SE map ?

Core Java

Ans. We can have duplicate keys within MultiMap whereas we cannot have duplicate keys within Java Util Map.

We can have a Map with value as a "collection of values" instead of single value to have a similar function as Multimap.

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Q57. If a Map needs to be accessed simultaneously by multiple threads, which collection class should be used ?

Core Java

Ans. ConcurrentHashMap

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Q58. Create a custom hashmap using synchronization.

Core Java

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Q59. What is the difference between TreeSet and TreeMap ?

Core Java

Ans. TreeSet contains only values as elements whereas TreeMap contains Key value pairs.

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Q60. How to sort objects based on one of the field ?

Core Java

Ans. Using comparable and comparator and sorted collections like TreeSet or TreeMap.

or

use stream api from java 8 onwards which internally refers to comparable and comparator through lambda expressions

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Q61. Isnt the use of HashTable and ConcurrentHashMap the same, i.e providing synchronized map collection ?

Core Java

Ans. Both provide the thread safety but the actual difference come when talk about performance. CHM gives best performance when no of writer threads are less in number.

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Q62. How many read and write operations are provided at the same time by ConcurrentHashMaps ?

Core Java

Ans. ConcurrentHashMaps provide unlimited read operation fro multi threaded environment. For write operation only one thread can change value for particular segment of map.

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Q63. Explain different inheritance mapping strategies with JPA / Hibernate.

Hibernate

Ans. table per hierarchy
table per concrete class
table per sub class

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Q64. Is HashMap Synchronized ?

Core Java

Ans. No HashMap isn't synchronized. ConcurrentHashMap and Hashtable are synchronized.

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Q65. Is ConcurrentHashMap synchronized ?

Core Java

Ans. Yes, ConcurrentHashMap is synchronized.

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Q66. Difference between TreeMap and SortedMap ?

Core Java

Ans. sortedMap is an interface ,while TreeMap is an implementation of sortMap.

We can not create an instance of sortedMap but we can create an instance of treeMap

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Q67. Difference between HashMap and Dictionary in Java ?

Core Java

Ans. HashMap implements the Map interface while the Dictionary does not.

HashMap was introduced after HashTable and Dictionary.

Dictionary is currently obsolete in java.

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