Google Professional Data Engineer Exam - Topic 5 Question 118 Discussion

Actual exam question for Google's Professional Data Engineer exam

Question #: 118
Topic #: 5

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What is the HBase Shell for Cloud Bigtable?

AThe HBase shell is a GUI based interface that performs administrative tasks, such as creating and deleting tables.

BThe HBase shell is a command-line tool that performs administrative tasks, such as creating and deleting tables.

CThe HBase shell is a hypervisor based shell that performs administrative tasks, such as creating and deleting new virtualized instances.

DThe HBase shell is a command-line tool that performs only user account management functions to grant access to Cloud Bigtable instances.

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Suggested Answer: B

The HBase shell is a command-line tool that performs administrative tasks, such as creating and deleting tables. The Cloud Bigtable HBase client for Java makes it possible to use the HBase shell to connect to Cloud Bigtable.

by Olene at Mar 05, 2026, 02:13 AM

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