Question

Point out the wrong statement.

(a) HBase provides only sequential access to data

(b) HBase provides high latency batch processing

(c) HBase internally provides serialized access

(d) All of the mentioned

The question was posed to me in a job interview.

My doubt stems from Introduction to HBase in chapter Hive and HBase of Hadoop

Answer 1

Right option is (c) HBase internally provides serialized access

Explanation: HBase internally uses Hash tables and provides random access.