24.1. For which types of applications were NOSQL systems developed? 

 

24.2. What are the main categories of NOSQL systems? List a few of the NOSQL systems in each category. 

 

24.3. What are the main characteristics of NOSQL systems in the areas related to data models and query languages? 

 

24.4. What are the main characteristics of NOSQL systems in the areas related to distributed systems and distributed databases? 

 

24.5. What is the CAP theorem? Which of the three properties (consistency, availability, partition tolerance) are most important in NOSQL systems?

 

24.6. What are the similarities and differences between using consistency in CAP versus using consistency in ACID? 

 

24.7. What are the data modeling concepts used in MongoDB? What are the main CRUD operations of MongoDB? 

 

24.8. Discuss how replication and sharding are done in MongoDB. 

 

24.9. Discuss the data modeling concepts in DynamoDB. 

 

24.10. Describe the consistent hashing schema for data distribution, replication, and sharding. How are consistency and versioning handled in Voldemort?

 

What is SQL? What are the different sub-categories of the SQL language? List 3 commands for each and give a brief description of what they do.

 

What is a view? What are the different restrictions you can apply when creating a view?  Why is it beneficial to use a view?

 

Name and define the different types of joins used in relational databases.

 

Describe normalization to someone who has no knowledge of database design.  What are the different levels of normalization?  Why is it acceptable to take most databases to either 3NF or BCNF?

 

Describe NoSQL databases. Why is popular with data scientists and other developers?

 

 

 

 

 

 

Describe the different ways to secure a database as listed in Chapter 30.  What is a SQL injection attack and how do you prevent it?  Why is it so important to secure data at the database level?