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5 Reasons to get Docker Certified Associate Certification

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Docker certification is about passing Docker Certified Associate (DCA) exam and getting recognition for your Docker skills. The following are some of the benefits mentioned on the Docker certification page. Recognition for your Docker skills with an official Docker credential Digital certificate and use of the Docker Certified Associate logo Exclusive access to the Docker Certified professional network on LinkedIn and invites to certified-only events However, I believe there is much more to why developers should consider going through the Docker certification exam preparation, if not, take the exam and get certified. In this post, I would like to present some perspectives in relation to Docker certification. In the process, …

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Docker Certification Practice Questions – Dockerfile

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Docker allows applications to run securely while being isolated in a container, packaged with all its dependencies and libraries. It has become extremely popular virtualization technology of recent times. Thus, it makes it much more important to learn this technology and complement your developer’s experience as it not only enhances your productivity but also help you in your career from an overall perspective. Read this post in relation to why you should consider adopting docker sooner than later. In this post, you will take a practice test and learn the related notes in relation to building Docker image using Dockerfile. This and several other practice tests which will be published …

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Machine Learning – Validation Techniques (Interview Questions)

Validation techniques in machine learning are used to get the error rate of the ML model which can be considered as close to the true error rate of the population. In case the data volume is large enough to be representative of the population, you may not need the validation techniques. However, in real world scenario, we work with the sample of data which may not be the true representative of the population. This is where validation techniques come into the picture. In this post, you will briefly learn about different validation techniques such as following and also presented with practice test having questions and answers which could be used …

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Kubernetes Certification Practice Test (Storage Volumes)

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Kubernetes storage volumes is a very important concept in relation to how data is managed within a Pod (consisting of one or more containers) and also the data lifecycle. In this post, you will learn about some of the following in relation to Kubernetes storage volumes. There is a practice test which will help you test your knowledge in relation to the storage volumes concept in Kubernetes. This test could prove to be useful and helpful for Kubernetes certification examination for Certified Kubernetes Administration (CKA). It may also prove to be useful for interviews. Revision notes on Kubernetes storage volumes Practice test Revision Notes Kubernetes different volume types such as some of the following …

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Blockchain Architect – A Sample Job Description

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Blockchain application development is going mainstream, and hence, would be requiring professionals with different roles and responsibilities including Blockchain architect, Blockchain developer etc. You may want to check out different Blockchain job designations on this page. The following is a list of points which can be made part of job description for Blockchain architect and related designations such as Blockchain platform architect, Blockchain solution architect, Blockchain lead architect etc. Demonstrate good understanding of Blockchain fundamentals, smart contracts, consensus algorithms Good understanding of different types of Blockchain such as public, private/permissioned, public permissioned etc. Good understanding of Blockchain framework such as Hyperledger Fabric, R3 Corda, Ethereum (Solidity) Good understanding of various …

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Kubernetes – Practice Test / Interview Q&A on Service Discovery

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This article represents concepts, revision / quick notes, and practice or sample test/interview questions and answers on Service Discovery topic of Kubernetes. These notes, Q&A could provide to be helpful for those appearing for Kubernetes administrator certification exams (CKA). Revision Notes – Service Discovery Kubernetes supports the following two modes of service discovery: Environment variable DNS Service environment details can be set based on the following format. Service name needs to be in uppercase. {SVCNAME}_SERVICE_HOST {SVCNAME}_SERVICE_PORT When using environment variables for service discovery, it is a mandate that the services must be created prior to the pods which want to access those services. DNS server creates a set of records for each service discovered via watching Kubernetes APIs. Services of type ExternalName can only be accessed …

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Hyperledger Fabric Transaction Flow (Interview Q&A & Notes)

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This article represents concepts in relation to, how does a transaction flow in Hyperledger Fabric Blockchain network, in form of notes and interview questions and answers. Those appearing for Hyperledger Fabric interview would find the questions and notes very useful for quick brush-up. Hyperledger Fabric is a platform for distributed ledger solutions. The following represents key participants in Hyperledger Fabric Blockchain network who are involved in the transaction flow right from the initiation of transaction proposal to committing a transaction into the distributed ledger. Application: Gets involved in following capacity: Sends the transaction proposal to endorsing peers Receives the transaction results from endorsing peers Broadcasts the transaction message to ordering service Endorsing peers: Do some of the …

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Hyperledger Fabric Distributed Ledger – Interview Questions / Notes

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This article represents practice test / interview questions and answers and revision notes on Hyperledger Fabric Distributed Ledger**. These questions and answers can prove to be very helpful to check your knowledge on Hyperledger Fabric if you are appearing for Hyperledger Fabric interview in near future. Hyperledger Fabric is an open-source framework for building distributed ledger solutions. The distributed ledger is maintained by every peer participating in the network. It is stored as a combination of a transaction logs and a world state database (key-value pairs). Revision Notes – Hyperledger Fabric Distributed Ledger Concepts The distributed ledger is a combination of following: Blockchain to store immutable ordered/sequenced records; It is stored in form of transaction logs and stored in peers’ file system (local …

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Hyperledger Fabric Introduction – Interview Questions / Revision Notes

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This article represents practice test and revision notes on Introduction to Hyperledger Fabric. These questions and answers can prove to be very helpful to check your knowledge of Hyperledger Fabric if you are appearing for Hyperledger Fabric interview in near future. Hyperledger Fabric is an open-source framework for building distributed ledger solutions. The unique thing about Hyperledger Fabric is that it supports pluggable implementations of different components such as identity management, consensus algorithm etc. Revision notes on Introduction to Hyperledger Fabric Hyperledger Fabric can be used for creating private and permissionless Blockchain network. Blockchain Participants – Membership Members join Hyperledger Fabric Blockchain network using Membership Service Provider (MSP) service. Hyperledger Fabric allows custom MSP to be plugged. Distributed Ledger – Data and Database Hyperledger Fabric allows ledger data to be stored …

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Certified Kubernetes Administrator Sample Test on Services Concept

Certified Kubernetes Administrator Practice Test on Services

This page represents practice test consisting of questions and answers on Kubernetes. This practice test covers the topic such as Kubernetes Services. The practice test can prove to be very helpful if you are preparing to take Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) certification examination in near future. It covers the Networking Concepts from CKA certification exam syllabus which can comprise of 11% questions in CKA certification exam. Check out other question sets on this page, Kubernetes Certification Exam (CKA) Sample Questions Sets. Revision Notes – Kubernetes concepts on Services A Kubernetes service is an abstraction which is used to define a logical set of pods. A Kubernetes service is assigned an IP address. In service spec definition, port refers to incoming port which is mapped to targetPort on Pod. By default, the value of …

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Kubernetes Certification Exam (CKA) Sample Questions Sets

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This article represents a series of practice / sample tests on some of the following topics as per the Kubernetes CKA exams syllabus. Kubernetes certification expert page also provides weightage associated with different topics. Topics Weightage Application Lifecycle Management 8% Installation, Configuration & Validation 12% Core Concepts 19% Networking 11% Scheduling 5% Security 12% Cluster Maintenance 11% Logging / Monitoring 5% Storage 7% Troubleshooting 10% These questions are intended to provide you with practice tests to test your knowledge on different Kubernetes concepts before appearing for Kubernetes certification (CKA) exams. This page will be updated from time-to-time as more practice tests are added. Practice / Sample Tests on Kubernetes Topics …

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Kubernetes Interview Questions and Answers – Set 4

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This page represents practice test consisting of objective questions and answers on Kubernetes. This practice test covers the topic such as Pod Lifecycle. The practice test can prove to be very helpful if you are preparing to take Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) certification examination in near future. It covers the Core Concepts from CKA certification exam syllabus. Those preparing for interviews in relation with Kubernetes or cloud-native apps would also find these questions to be useful enough. These questions can as well prove to be useful for interns / freshers / beginners. Revision Notes – Kubernetes Concepts (Pod Lifecycle) A Pod status field is a PodStatus object which has got phase field. The phase of the pod is a simple, high-level summary of where the Pod is in its lifecycle Kubelet invokes …

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Beginners – List of Robotics Courses to Get You Started

List of Robotics Courses for Beginners

The following is the list of Robotics Courses on Coursera which will help you get started on learning Robotics concepts. Robotics Specialization:It is a series of six courses on Robotics covering the concepts related to some of the following areas: Robot flight and movement How do robots perceive their environment How do robots adjust their movements to avoid obstacles, navigate difficult terrains and accomplish complex tasks such as construction and disaster recovery. This is provided by University of Pennsylvania. The following is a list of courses covered under the umbrella of Robotics specialization: Aerial Robotics Computational model planning Mobility Perception Estimation and learning Building Arduino robots and devices: It covers concepts related with building robots using …

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Quantum Computing Interview Questions and Answers – Set 1

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This is the first in series of practice tests / interview questions and answers in relation to Quantum computing. It touches upon the basic concepts in relation to some of the following: Qubit Difference between a bit and Qubit Superposition of Qubit states Quantum entanglement This practice test will prove to be useful for Quantum Computing beginners / interns / freshers.  Revision Notes – Quantum Computing Fundamentals Quantum computing is different than classical computing. Problems which are suited for quantum computing should be considered for Quantum computing. A Qubit is a two-state quantum mechanical system; A Qubit can be in superposition of both the states at the same time. A Qubit is similar to bit …

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Hyperledger Interview Questions and Answers – Set 1

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This is the first in series of practice tests / interview questions and answers in relation to Hyperledger products suite for building distributed ledgers / Blockchain business networks. This test focuses on checking your knowledge on different products such as following under hyperledger umbrella. Fabric Sawtooth Iroha Indy Burrow Cello Composer Quilt Explorer Revision Notes – Hyperledger Tools & Frameworks Hyperledger Fabric supports pluggable consensus algorithm (ordering service) and membership service provider Hyperledger Indy can be used to build distributed ledger (Blockchain) related with decentralized digital identities Hyperledger Burrow is used for creating a permissioned Ethereum smart-contract blockchain node that executes smart contract code following the Ethereum specification. Hyperledger Explorer can be used to view, invoke, deploy or query blocks, transactions and associated data, network …

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Kubernetes Interview Questions and Answers – Set 3

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This page represents practice test consisting of objective questions and answers on Kubernetes.  The following topics are covered as part of this practice test / quiz: Container hooks and related lifecycle Pods The practice test can prove to be very helpful if you are preparing to take Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) certification examination in near future. It covers the Core Concepts from CKA certification exam syllabus. Those preparing for interviews in relation with Kubernetes or cloud-native apps would find these questions to be useful enough. These questions can prove to be useful for interns / freshers / beginners. Revision Notes – Kubernetes Concepts (Container Hooks / Pods) Kubernetes provides containers with following lifecycle hooks: PostStart PreStop Kubernetes supports implementation …

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