Data Science

Reading from Web and APIs

Question 1
Marks : +2 | -2
Pass Ratio : 100%
Which of the following is an important parameter of read.table function?
file
header
sep
all of the mentioned
Explanation:
More parameters are required for loading the data.
Question 2
Marks : +2 | -2
Pass Ratio : 33%
Extracting XML is the basis for most web scraping.
True
False
Explanation:
XML is particularly used in web applications.
Question 3
Marks : +2 | -2
Pass Ratio : 100%
Point out the wrong statement.
hdf5 can be used to reading/writing from disc in Python
rhdf5 is an interface for hdf5 format
maximum size of an HDF5 dataset is fixed when it is created
all of the mentioned
Explanation:
hdf5 can be used to reading/writing from disc in R.
Question 4
Marks : +2 | -2
Pass Ratio : 100%
Point out the correct statement.
XLConnect package has more options for manipulating access files
XLConnect vignette package can also be used for manipulating excel files
write.xlsx write out an excel file with different argument
None of the mentioned
Explanation:
write.xlsx write out an excel file with similar argument.
Question 5
Marks : +2 | -2
Pass Ratio : 100%
Which of the following is used to extract data from HTML code of websites?
Webscraping
Webdredging
Webcleaning
All of the mentioned
Explanation:
Webscraping is a great way to get data.
Question 6
Marks : +2 | -2
Pass Ratio : 33%
Which of the following package is used to connect MySQL RDBMS with R?
RMySQL vignette
MySQL vignette
RSQL vignette
None of the mentioned
Explanation:
This package contains meta information and index.
Question 7
Marks : +2 | -2
Pass Ratio : 100%
Which of the following request can be issued from httr package?
GET
PUT
DELETE
All of the mentioned
Explanation:
Authentication is necessary for issuing a request.
Question 8
Marks : +2 | -2
Pass Ratio : 50%
Which of the following function is used to read data off the webpages?
read.web
read.Lines
read.Line
all of the mentioned
Explanation:
read.Lines function will extract the web page data.
Question 9
Marks : +2 | -2
Pass Ratio : 100%
Point out the correct statement.
HDF5 is a hierarchical format
HDF5 does not support range of different data types
HDF5 is used for storing small datasets
None of the mentioned
Explanation:
HDF5 is used for storing large datasets.
Question 10
Marks : +2 | -2
Pass Ratio : 33%
Point out the wrong statement.
data.table inherits from data.frame
data.table is written in Java
data.table is faster at subsetting and updating data
none of the mentioned
Explanation:
data.table is written in C.