7CCSMBDT – Big Data Technologies Coursework 1 Coursework assigned: 12 February 2021. Coursework submission deadline: 23:59pm, 1 March 2021. Late submission deadline (capped at 50%): 23:59pm, 2 March 2021. Overview: The coursework aims to make you familiar with the following concepts: (i) Big Data collection, and (iii) programming using the MapReduce framework. This coursework is formally assessed and is worth 10% of your final mark. You will receive some feedback as part of the marking of the coursework after 4 weeks from the coursework submission deadline. You will also receive additional feedback in the form of examples solutions soon after. Submission: Include BOTH files below: (i) A file, Coursework1.PDF, containing your answers. For tasks that require writing code, write your code and comments as part of the answer. For tasks that require showing output of a program, show the output or a small part of the output. (ii) A file, Coursework1_code.ZIP, containing, for each program, the code of the program (.py file) and a file containing the entire output of applying the program to the required dataset. Name the code and output to indicate the task it corresponds to (e.g., task2.py for the code and task2.out for the output of Task 2). Eval
uation: The maximum number of marks (out of 100) for each task is given in square brackets [] next to each question. Plagiarism: “Plagiarism is passing off someone else’s work as your own, or submitting a piece of your own work that you have already submitted as part of a different programme, module or at a different institution. The penalties for plagiarising by the College can be severe. Uploading work to KEATS is regarded by the Department as a statement by the student concerned, confirming that the work has not been plagiarised.” Late submission: “If you are submitting your coursework after the deadline, you must submit a Mitigating Circumstances Form (MCF), with evidence to justify why you have not submitted on time. If you do not do this or your reasons are not acceptable, your coursework may be given a mark of zero.” Please speak to your personal tutor about the MCF. Lecturers cannot provide deadline extensions. 7CCSMBDT – Big Data Technologies Coursework 1 Task 1. Big data collection using Apache Sqoop. Describe three features of Apache Sqoop that help import data into a distributed file system efficiently. Your description should state the feature and a brief justification of what the feature does and how it can help efficiency.