Question

Mahout provides ____________ libraries for common  and primitive Java collections.

(a) Java

(b) Javascript

(c) Perl

(d) Python

The question was asked in an interview for job.

My doubt is from Mahout with Hadoop in division Apache Spark, Flume, Lucene, Hama, HCatalog, Mahout, Drill, Crunch and Thrift of Hadoop

Answer 1

The correct answer is:

(a) Java

Explanation:

• (a) Java: Mahout provides Java libraries for working with common and primitive Java collections. It is a machine learning library built on top of Apache Hadoop and can be used for various machine learning tasks such as clustering, classification, and collaborative filtering.
• (b) Javascript: Mahout is not associated with Javascript. It is primarily a Java-based library.
• (c) Perl: Mahout does not provide libraries for Perl.
• (d) Python: While Mahout may integrate with other tools, it does not natively provide libraries for Python; it is specifically designed for Java.

Thus, (a) Java is the correct answer.