Question

Point out the correct statement.

(a) list FILE[S] <filepath>*  executes a Hive query and prints results to standard output

(b) <query string> executes a Hive query and prints results to standard output

(c) <query> executes a Hive query and prints results to standard output

(d) All of the mentioned

I have been asked this question in unit test.

Query is from HiveQL topic in chapter Hive and HBase of Hadoop

Answer 1

The correct answer is (b) <query string> executes a Hive query and prints results to standard output

The best I can explain: list FILE[S] <filepath>* checks whether the given resources are already added to the distributed cache or not. See Hive Resources below for more information.