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DP-900 · Question #156

What is a characteristic of batch processing?

The correct answer is C. There is a noticeable time delay between ingesting data and obtaining the data processing results. Pig is a declarative big data processing language used in many Hadoop distributions, including HDInsight. It is particularly useful for processing data that is unstructured or semi-structured…

Submitted by krish.m· Mar 30, 2026Describe an analytics workload on Azure

Question

What is a characteristic of batch processing?

Options

  • AThe data ingested during batch processing must be processed as soon as the data is received.
  • BLarge datasets must be split into batches of less than 1 GB before the data can be processed.
  • CThere is a noticeable time delay between ingesting data and obtaining the data processing results.
  • DBatch processing can only process data that is structured.

How the community answered

(21 responses)
  • C
    95% (20)
  • D
    5% (1)

Explanation

Pig is a declarative big data processing language used in many Hadoop distributions, including HDInsight. It is particularly useful for processing data that is unstructured or semi-structured. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/architecture/data-guide/big-data/batch-processing

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#batch processing#data ingestion#latency#data processing

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