'mongoimport' command is used for

Question

Options

• ABatch data insertion
• BNone of the above
• CMultiple command import
• DMultiple command insertion

• A
  94% (32)
• B
  3% (1)
• D
  3% (1)

Explanation

mongoimport is a command-line utility that performs batch data insertion - it reads data from an external file (JSON, CSV, or TSV) and inserts all those records into a MongoDB collection in a single operation, making it efficient for bulk loading datasets.

Why the distractors are wrong:

• B (None of the above) is incorrect because A is a valid and accurate description.
• C (Multiple command import) is a meaningless phrase - mongoimport doesn't execute multiple commands; it imports data.
• D (Multiple command insertion) conflates "insertion" with "commands." The tool inserts multiple documents, not multiple commands.

Memory tip: Think of mongoimport like importing a spreadsheet into a database - you're feeding a whole file of data in one batch, not running repeated individual insert commands. The "import" in the name itself signals reading from an external file source.

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