Question

When a chunk grows beyond the chunk size, MongoDB attempts to split the chunk into smaller chunks, always based on ranges in the _____________

(a) replica set

(b) shard key

(c) tag sets

(d) all of the mentioned

The question was posed to me in an international level competition.

My question is taken from Sharded Cluster Behavior topic in division Sharding Concepts, Mechanics and Sharded Cluster of MongoDB

Answer 1

The correct option is (c) tag sets

For explanation: Administrators create and associate tags with ranges of the shard key, and then assign those tags to the shards.