Question

Point out the correct statement.

(a) Hive Commands are non-SQL statement such as setting a property or adding a resource

(b) Set -v prints a list of configuration variables that are overridden by the user or Hive

(c) Set sets a list of variables that are overridden by the user or Hive

(d) None of the mentioned

The question was posed to me by my college professor while I was bunking the class.

My question is taken from Introduction to Hive topic in division Hive and HBase of Hadoop

Answer 1

Correct choice is (a) Hive Commands are non-SQL statement such as setting a property or adding a resource

Easiest explanation: Commands can be used in HiveQL scripts or directly in the CLI or Beeline.