[LEGACY–SUPPORT ENDED] CCA175 Exam Prep Qs pt B (Udemy.com)
Practice for CCA175 Test | Data Analysis Qs | Spark 2.4 Hadoop Cluster VM | Cloudera Spark & Hadoop Developer
Created by: Matthew Barr
Last updated September 2024
What you will learn
- Students will get hands-on experience working in a Spark Hadoop environment
- Students will get to practice using metastore tables as an input source or an output sink for Spark applications
- Students will get to exercise their understanding of the fundamentals of querying datasets in Spark
- Students will get to practice filtering data using Spark
- Students will get to practice writing queries that calculate aggregate statistics
- Students will get to practice joining disparate datasets using Spark
- Students will get to practice producing ranked or sorted data
- Students will also get to practice using Zeppelin notebooks
Course Description
*Important Notice*
This course has been retired and is no longer receiving support. Originally designed to help students pass the now-retired Cloudera Certification exams, the material remains useful for those wanting to practice their skills on Spark and Hadoop clusters. However, its primary focus was certification preparation, which many students successfully completed.
Prepare for the data analysis section of the CCA Spark & Hadoop Developer certification and help pass the CCA175 exam.
Students enrolling on this course can be 100% confident that after working on the problems contained here they will be in a great position to pass the data analysis section of the CCA175 exam.
As the number of vacancies for big data, machine learning & data science roles continue to grow, so too will the demand for qualified individuals to fill those roles.
It’s often the case the case that to stand out from the crowd, it’s necessary to get certified.
This exam preparation series has been designed to help YOU pass the Cloudera certification CCA175, this is a hands-on, practical exam where the primary focus is on using Apache Spark to solve Big Data problems.
On solving the problems contained here you’ll have all the necessary skills & the confidence to handle any data analysis related questions that come your way in the exam.
(a) There are 30 problems in this part of the exam preparation series. All of which are directly related to the data analysis component of the CCA175 exam syllabus.
(b) Fully worked out solutions to all the problems.
(c) Also included is the Verulam Blue virtual machine which is an environment that has a spark Hadoop cluster already installed so that you can practice working on the problems.
• The VM contains a Spark stack which allows you to read and write data to & from the Hadoop file system as well as to store metastore tables on the Hive metastore.
• All the datasets you need for the problems are already loaded onto HDFS, so you don’t have to do any extra work.
• The VM also has Apache Zeppelin installed with fully executed Zeppelin notebooks that contain solutions to the problems.
Instructor Details
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30 Reviews
Matthew Barr
I’m Matthew Barr, a data engineer and founder of Verulam Blue Mint, a UK-based SaaS platform that helps learners build real, portfolio-ready projects using SQL, dbt & PySpark for roles in data engineering, analytics, and data science. At Verulam Blue Mint, I focus on giving you the kind of realistic, messy-data experience you’d get in an actual data team—minus the office politics.
I started my career in data science and, over time, moved into roles with a greater focus on data engineering. I’m a certified data engineer across major cloud platforms: Azure, Fabric, AWS, and Databricks. I’ve spent years building the kind of end-to-end data-cleaning pipelines and KPI workflows that you’ll practise in my courses.
Before moving fully into data, I spent nearly a decade in financial services as an actuarial analyst in London. That background means I care a lot about trustworthy numbers, repeatable logic, and being able to explain results clearly to non-technical stakeholders.
Academically, I hold two master’s degrees from University College London: one in Data Science and one in Mathematics.
Through Verulam Blue Mint and my Udemy courses, my goal is simple: to help you bridge the gap between “I know some SQL/PySpark” and “I can run a serious data project that I’m proud to show on my CV, GitHub, and LinkedIn.”
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Reviews
By Learner 123 on 7/12/2023
An amazing course! Great for practice.
By Ashish Sood on 5/2/2021
Best course available online for CCA-175!! I cleared my certification this week with all questions correct. VM provided is very similar to exam environment(exam environment is slower though). Difficulty level of questions provided is much tougher than the actual exam but practicing these will provide you lot of confidence. There are very minor errors in the questions, hopefully it will be rectified soon.
By Cody Piazza on 4/26/2021
Would recommend getting all 3 of Matthew Barr's practice courses for CCA175, and going over these questions. Once you feel confident with these questions, you will be more than prepared to pass the CCA175. Just passed exam with 100%.
By Arindam Pal on 3/22/2021
Excellent course for practice CCA 175 certification exam. It helps me a lot to get used to with the certification environment and solving the questions with in given time for exam. The questions are really good and so does the answers explained by author. I could able to pass the exam successfully using this. The virtual box ENV provided with is excellent and you don't need to buy any online subscription for practice.
By Fernando Lafora on 2/4/2021
I needed to practice for the certification and the problems in this course were very, very good. I took (and passed) the exam already. The questions in this course were more difficult that the ones in the real exam; so it is a very good practice.
By Kuo Yang on 1/4/2021
Super good course for CCA175 analytics part. It gives me a lot practices and more confidence for my exam.
By Bikash Karan on 12/24/2020
The explanations are crisp and clear.
By Bharath Kumar P on 12/19/2020
One of the best course for CCA175 preparation. Easy to follow and start practicing
By Abhishek Sengupta on 12/18/2020
By far the best practice course or rather a platform because it ships with a free VM that helps us to directly practice the mock questions , without having to download other resource intensive distributions like CDH, HDP or Cloudera QuickStartVM. Highly recommended for anyone appearing for the Exam. The questions are bit more realistic than other courses, so its better to practice it.
By Anthony Williams on 11/26/2020
What a wonderful course, it is complete with the required environment. The instructor does a great job of explaining the material. Would love to see more courses from this instructor.
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