MongoDB

Q1. Which command adds members to the replica set from MongoDB shell?
rs.add("<hostname>")

replicaSetAdd("<hostname>")

rs.insert("<hostname>")

replica.add("<hostname>")

Q2. Which MongoDB shell command should you use to back up a database?
restore
backup
mongobackup
mongodump
Q3. Which shell query displays all citizens with an age greater than or equal to 21?
db.citizens.select('WHERE age >= 21')

db.citizens.where('age >= 21')

db.citizens.find('WHERE age >= 21')

db.citizens.find({age: {$gte: 21}})

Q4. What does a MongoDB collection consist of?

data
documents
fields
rows
Q5. Given an ObjectId in _id , how do you get the time it was created?
getDateTime(_id)

_id.createDate()

_id.getTimestamp()

_id.getDateTime()

Q6. Given a cursor named myCursor, which command returns a boolean value?
myCursor.hasNext()
 myCursor.sort()
myCursor.next()
myCursor.find()
Q7. Which command returns a specific document in the user's collection?
db.users.find({_id: 1})

db.users.seek({_id: 1})

db.users.query({_id: 1})

db.query.users({_id: 1})

Q8. To import a JSON array into Mongo, what flags are needed with
MongoDBimport?
--type jsonArray

--json

--type json

--jsonArray

Q9. Choose the shell command that connects to a MongoDB database.

mongo
mongod
mongoconnect
dbconnect
Q10. In the MongoDB shell, how can you tell if an index was used with a query?
db.customers.find({lastName: 'smith'}).explain()
db.customers.find({lastName: 'smith'}).perf()
db.customers.find({lastName: 'smith'}).plan()
db.customers.find({lastName: 'smith'}).usedIndex()
Q11. Suppose your aggregation pipeline terminated with an exception referring to
exceeded memory limit. What is the best way to resolve the issue?
Set useMemory to twice amount indicated in exception.
Switch a 64 bit instance of MongoDB.
Increase the memory of the MongoDB server.
Set allowDiskUse to true.
Q12. What is the recommended way to delete a user?
db.deleteUser("user")
 db.removeUser("user") DEPRECATED
db.remove("user")
db.dropUser("user")
Q13. What the primary database in a replica set fails, when does failover begin?
once the primary has been down for 10 minutes
once the primary reboots
immediately
after the administrator reboots the primary
Q14. What is the correct option to set up Kerberos when starting MongoDBd?
--setParameter authenticationMechanisms=GSSAPI

--setAuthentication=GSSAPI

--setParam auth=K

--setAuth method=Kerberos

Q15. What is the purpose of an arbiter in a replica set?

It monitors replica set and sends email in case of failure
It casts the tie-breaking vote in an election.
It holds a backup copy of the database.
It reboots the failed server.
Q16. You want to know how many types of items you have in each category. Which
query does this?
db.product.group({_id: "$category", count: {$sum:1}})

db.product.aggregate($sum: {_id: "$category", count: {$group:1}})

db.product.aggregate($group: {_id: "$category", count: {$sum:1}})

db.product.aggregate($count: {_id: "$category", count: {$group:1}})

Q17. To restrict the number of records coming back from a query, which command
should you use?
take
limit
max
skip
Q18. You have a collection named restaurants with the geographical information
stored in the location property, how do you create a geospatial index on it?
 db.restaurants.createIndex({location: "2dsphere"})

db.restaurants.geospatial({location: "2dsphere"})

db.restaurants.createIndex("2dsphere":"location")

db.restaurants.createIndex({geospatial: "location"})

Q19. How do you find documents with a matching item in an embedded array?
db.customers.findmatch ({"jobs":"secretary"})

db.customers.find ({"jobs:secretary"})

db.customers.find ({"jobs":["secretary"]})

db.customers.find ({"jobs":"secretary"})

Q20. Which query bypasses the first 5 customers and returns the next 10?
db.customers.find({}, {skip: 5, limit: 10})

db.customers.find({}.page(5).take(10))

db.customers.find({}).skip(5).take(10)

db.customers.find({}).skip(5).limit(10)

Q21. How do you create a text index?

db.customers.createIndex({firstName, lastName})

db.customers.createTextIndex({firstName, lastName})

db.customers.createIndex({firstName: "text", lastName: "text"})

db.customers.createText({firstName: 1, lastName: 1})

Q22. Assuming you have customers collection with a firstName and lastName
field, which is the correct MongoDB shell command to create an index on
lastName, then firstName both ascending?
db.customers.createIndex("lastName, firstName, ASC")

db.customers.addIndex({lastName:"ASC", firstName: "ASC"})

db.customers.newIndex({lastName:1, firstName:1})

db.customers.createIndex({lastName:1, firstName: 1})

Q23. One of the documents in your collection has an _id based upon an older
database design and you want to change it. You write an update command to find
the document and replace the _id but the _id isn't changed. How should you fix
the issue?
Set the replace option to true.
Use the replaceOne() command instead.
You can't. Once set, the _id field cannot be changed.
Use the updateOne() command instead.
Q24. A compound index allows you to _ ?
Calculate interest quickly.
Accomplish nothing, since compound indexes aren't allowed in Mongo.
Use more than one field per index.
Combine fields in different collations.
Q25. Why are ad-hoc queries useful?
They do not have to use the same operators.
You do not need to structure the database to support them.
They autogenerate reports.
They run faster than indexed queries.
Q26. How often do the members of a replica set send heartbeats to each other?
every 2 minutes
every 5 seconds
every 2 seconds
every 10 seconds
Q27. Which command returns all of the documents in the customers collection?
db.customers.all();

db.find().customers();

db.customers.find();

db.customers.show();

Q28. Given a cursor named myCursor, pointing to the customers collection, how
to you get basic info about it?
myCursor.stats()

myCursor.dump()

myCursor.info()

myCursor.explain()

Q29. What is true about indexes?

They speed up read access while slowing down writes.
They secure the database from intruders.
They speed up reads and writes.
They speed up write access while slowing down reads.
Q30. What is the preferred format to store geospatial data in MongoDB?
 Latitude, longitude
XML
GeoJSON
BSON
Q31. Which programming language is used to write MongoDB queries?
(Alternative: In the MongoDB shell, what programming language is used to make
queries?)
Python
JavaScript
SQL
TypeScript
Q32. You have two text fields in your document and you'd like both to be quickly
searchable. What should you do?
Create a text index on each field.
MongoDB is not able to do this.
Create a compound text index using both fields.
Create a text index on one field and a single field index on the other.
Q33. To import a CSV file into MongoDB, which command should you issue?
mongorestore
mongoi
upload
mongoimport
Q34. In an MongoDB mapReduce command, the reduce function should _.
access the database
be called only when the key has a single value
access the database only to perform read operations
not access the data
Q35. On a newly created collection, which field will have an index?
the name field
the ObjectId field
the _id field
no field will have an index
Q36. You have a collection of thousands of students. You'd like to return the
second set of 20 documents from the sorted collection. What is the proper order
in which to apply the operations?
limit, skip, sort
sort, limit, skip
limit, sort, skip
sort, skip, limit
Q37. You would like the stats() command to return kilobytes instead of bytes.
Which command should you run?
db.vehicle.stats(1024)

db.vehicle.stats("kilobytes")

db.vehicle.stats(true)

db.vehicle.stats("kb")

Q38. You want to modify an existing index. What is the best way to do this?
Use the reIndex() command to modify the index.
Delete the original index and create a new index.
Call the createIndex() command with the update option.
Use the updateIndex() command.
Q39. You need to delete the index you created on the description field. Which
command will accomplish this?
db.vehicle.dropIndex("description_text")

db.vehicle.dropIndex({"description":"text"})

db.vehicle.removeIndex({"description":"text"})

db.vehicle.removeIndex("description_text")

Q40. You would like to know how many different categories you have. Which query
will best get the job done?
db.vehicle.distinct("category")

db.vehicle.unique("category")

db.vehicle.distinct("category").count()

db.vehicle.distinct("category").length

Note: count() works with find(...) but length works with distinct
Q41. From the MongoDB shell, how do you create a new document in the
customers collection?
 db.customers.add({name: "Bob"})

db.customers.save({name: "Bob"})

db.customers.create({name: "Bob"})

db.customers.new({name: "Bob"})

Q42. Which field is required of all MongoDB documents?

_id

_name

ObjectId
mongoDB is schema-less so no field is required
Q43. A MongoDB instance has at least what three files?
data, namespace, and journal
namespace, journal, and log
journal, data, and database
data, log, and journal
Q44. You'd like a set of documents to be returned in last name, ascending order.
Which query will accomplish this?
db.persons.find().sort({lastName: -1}}

db.persons.find().sort({lastName: 1}}

db.persons.find().sort({lastName: ascending}}

db.persons.find().sort({lastName: $asc}}

Q45. What is NOT a standard role in MongoDB?

restore
read/write
dbadmin
delete collections
Q46. Which MongoDB shell command deletes a single document?
db.customers.delete({_id: 1});

db.customers.drop({_id: 1});

db.drop.customers({_id: 1});

db.customers.remove({_id: 1});

Q47. Using the MongoDB shell, how do you remove the customer collection and its
indexes?
 db.customers.remove({}).indexes();

db.customers.remove({});

db.customers.drop();

db.customers.delete();

Q48. By default, applications direct their read operations to which member of the
replica set?
primary
arbiter
secondary
backup
Q49. You need to get the names of all the indexes on your current collection. What
is the best way to accomplish this?
db.people.getName();

db.people.reIndex({names: 1});

db.people.getIndexKeys();

db.people.getIndexes();

Q50. You are going to do a series of updates to multiple records. You find setting
the multi option of the update() command too tiresome. What should you do
instead?
Use the replaceMany() command instead
Use the updateMulti() command instead
Use the updateMany() command instead
Set the global multi option to True
Q51. To cleanly shut down MongoDB, what command should you use from the
MongoDB shell?
quit()
exit()
db.shutdownServer()
db.shutdown()
Q52. Given a customer collection which includes fields for gender and city, which
aggregate pipeline shows the number of female customers in each city?
(Alternative: How can you view the execution performance statistics for a query?)
db.members.aggregate([ {$match: {gender: "Female"}}, {$group: {_id:
{city: "$city"}, number: {$sum: 1}}}, {$sort :{number: -1}}])
 db.members.find({$match: {gender: "Female"}}, {$group: {_id: {city:
"$city"}, number: {$sum: 1}}}.$sort ({number: -1})

db.members.find([ {$match: {gender: "Female"}}, {$group: {_id: {city:

"$city"}, number: {$sum: 1}}}, {$sort :{number: -1}}])

db.members.aggregate([ {$match: {gender: "Female"}}, {$sort :{number:

-1}}])

Q53. When no parameters are passed to explain() , what mode does it run in?
wireTiger mode
executionStats mode
queryPlanner mode
allPlansExecution mode
Q54. What is the correct query to find all of the people who have a home phone
number defined?
db.person.find({exists: 'homePhone'});

db.person.exists({homePhone: true});

db.person.find({homePhone: {$exists: true}});

db.person.has('homePhone');

Q55. Which file in the MongoDB directly holds the MongoDB daemon?
mongodb
mongo-daemon
daemon
mongod
Q56. You have just secured your previously unsecured MongoDB server, but the
server is still not requiring authentication. What is the best option?
Restart the mongod process.
Issue the secure() command.
Issue the mongoimport command.
Issue the authenticate() command.
Q57. What is the most accurate statement regarding MongoDB and ad hoc
queries?
MongoDB does not allow ad hoc queries; all queries require an index.
Ad hoc queries are allowed only in the paid version.
Ad hoc queries are allowed only through the ad hoc command.
 MongoDB allows ad hoc queries.
Q58. In MongoDB, what does a projection do?
allows you to do a calculation on the results
allows you to run queries on the server
allows you to select which fields should be in the return data
allows you to format the results for a display
Q59. To remove a database and all of its records from MongoDB, what operator
should you use?
dropDatabase()

removeAll()

clear()

deleteDatabase()

Q60. What option can be passed to start the MongoDB shell without connecting to
a database?
-db=null

--shell-only

--free

-nodb

Q61. How can you improve the appearance of the output JSON that contains the
_id ?

Use db.collection.set({$_id:pretty})

Create a second index

Use db.collection.format(numeric)

Use $_id = value

Q62. What happens to a Replica set oplog if it runs out of memory?

The oplog will be saved on one of the secondary servers.

The oplog is capped collection and can't run out of memory

The MongoDB instance will fail

The oplog will stop recording logging information

Q63. MongoDB ships with a variety of files. Which file runs the MongoDB shell?
mongo
mongo-s
 shell
mongo-shell
Q64. How can you view the execution performance statistics for a query?
db.performance.members.aggregate([ {$match: {gender: "Female"}},
{$group: {_id:{city:"$city"}, number: {$sum: 1}}}, {$sort : {number:
-1}}])

db.members.aggregate([ {$match: {gender: "Female"}}, {$group: {_id:

{city: "$city"}, number:{$sum:1}}}, {$sort:
{number:-1}}]).explain("executionStats")

db.members.aggregate([ {$match: {gender: "Female"}}, {$group:{_id:

{city: "$city"}, number: {$sum: 1}}}, {$sort: {number: -1}}]).explain()

db.members.aggregate([ {$match: {gender: """Female"""}}, {$group:

{_id: {city: """$city"""}, number: {$sum:1}}}, {$sort: {number:
-1}}]).number()

Q65. From the MongoDB shell, how do you execute a JavaScript file named list.js?
node 'list.js'
exec('list.js)
run('list.js)
load('list.js)
Q66. Which MongoDB shell query will sort the customer's collection by name
descending?
db.customers.sort({name: -1}.find({})
db.customers.sort({name: -1})
db.customers.find({}).sort({name: -1})
db.customers.find({}).sort({name: 1})
Q67. Suppose you are using the mongoimport command to import personnel data
and there is a unique index on the email field. What happens when there are
duplicate emails in the import?
The import command aborts without importing any records.
The import command imports records upto but not including the record, and then
aborts.
The import command doesn't import the bad document but does import the rest.
The import command prompts you to correct the bad record.
Q68. You have a collection with millions of documents. Each time you attempt to
sort. MongoDB runs out of memory. What might help?
 Use the purge operator before the sort.
Return the entire collection and sort on the client.
Pass the --more-memory option.
Create an index on the field you are sorting.
Q69. You need to be able to quickly find a word in a text field. What should you
do?
Create a text index on the field and do a $text Query.
Create an single field index in descending order, and do a query for the word.
Do a $text query.
Create a $regex on the fields, and do a $regex query.
Q70. Which field is always included in a projection unless specifically excluded?
index
Name
_id

row number
Reference
Q71. After installing MongoDB on your machine, what must you do before
launching Mongo?
Create a user account.
Register online.
Create a data directory.
Establish security credentials.
mongodb site
Q72. How does a --jsonArray file need to be structured?
as a properly formatted JSON array
as YAML
as plain text
as a BSON object
Section blog
Q73. From the MongoDB shell, how do you display all of a database's memory
usage?
db.size()
 db.info()
db.memory()
db.stats()
Q74. How do you create a new MongoDB user?
db.createUser({})
db.insert({user: 1})
db.customers.newUser({})
db.newUser({})
MongoDB documentation
Q75. What is the internal data structure of a MongoDB document?
JSON (JavaScript Object Notation)
BSON (Binary JSON)
ORM (object relational mode)
MBF (MongoDB binary format)
MongoDB documentation JSON and BSON
Q76. Which projection shows only the FirstName and lastName fields of a
document in the customers collection?
db.customers.find({}, {firstName: 1, lastName: 1})

db.customers.find({}, {_id:0, firstName: 1, lastName: 1})

db.customers.find({_id: 0, year: 1, maek: 1, model: 1})

db.customers.find({}).project({firstName: 1, lastName: 1})

Q77. Documents in mongodb are atomic at the ___ level

database
field
no
document
MongoDB reference
Q78. What should the priority of a member be in order to prevent it from becoming
the primary in replica set?
1
null
 0
-1
MongoDB reference
Q79. You need to add an index to the large name collection in your production
database. You do not want to have disruption of service for your users and you
can't afford to have a team to do the work during after hours. What should you do?
Use the reIndex() command to add the index quickly.
Use the createIndex() command with the option background = true.
Use the createIndex() command.
Use the createIndex() command with the option parallel = true.
MongoDB reference
Q80. When using aggregation $convert. which is not a parameter?
input
output
to
onError
MongoDB reference
Q81. All tag values in tag sets must be _.
JSON
integers
strings
XML
MongoDB reference
Q82. When using the mongoimport command, how can you drop the database
before importing?
Use the -d option.
Use the mongooverwrite command instead of mongoimport.
Use the -drop option.
Drop the database manually before importing.
Q83. To import a CSV file into MongoDB, which command should you issue?
upload
 mongorestore
mongoi
mongoimport
Q84. A critical record must be replicated to the two other servers in the set. Which
query guarantees that it is inserted as desired?
db.inventory.insert({ prodid: "tab1122", qty : 10}, { writeConcern: {
w: 2, wtimeout: 5000} })

db.inventory.insert({ prodid: "tab1122", qty : 10}, { writeConcern: {

j: true} })

db.inventory.insert({ prodid: "tab1122", qty : 10}, { writeConcern: {

w: 2, j:false, wtimeout: 5000} })

db.inventory.insert({ prodid: "tab1122", qty : 10}, { writeConcern: {

w: 2, j:true, wtimeout: 5000} })

MongoDB reference
Q85. What is the name of the default file used to configure MongoDB?
mongo.config
mongod.conf
config.sys
.mdbconfig
MongoDB reference
Q86. After using the dropIndexes() command on your collection, one index
remains.What can you do to drop the the remaining index?
Use dropIndexes({all:1}) with the all parameter.
The required_id index cannot be deleted.
Call dropIndex({"id":1}) to force its removal.
Call dropIndex({"id"}) to force its removal.
MongoDB reference
Q87. To scale horizontally, what does MongoDB use?
sharding
replication
partition
backup
MongoDB reference