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Google Professional Data Engineer Exam - Topic 5 Question 118 Discussion

What is the HBase Shell for Cloud Bigtable?
B) The HBase shell is a command-line tool that performs administrative tasks, such as creating and deleting tables.
A) The HBase shell is a GUI based interface that performs administrative tasks, such as creating and deleting tables.
C) The HBase shell is a hypervisor based shell that performs administrative tasks, such as creating and deleting new virtualized instances.
D) The HBase shell is a command-line tool that performs only user account management functions to grant access to Cloud Bigtable instances.

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?

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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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Verdell
27 minutes ago
D is misleading. It does more than just user management.
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Alayna
5 days ago
C doesn't make sense. It's not about virtualization.
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Dean
10 days ago
Agreed! A GUI would be too complex for this.
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Celestina
16 days ago
I think B is correct. It's a command-line tool.
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Leonard
21 days ago
D is misleading, it does more than just user management!
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Hermila
26 days ago
C sounds way off, hypervisors are a different thing.
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Chauncey
2 months ago
Wait, is it really just for admin tasks? Seems too limited.
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Janey
3 months ago
Totally agree, B is the right answer!
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Earlean
3 months ago
It's definitely a command-line tool, not GUI.
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France
3 months ago
Option C sounds totally off, no hypervisors involved!
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Farrah
3 months ago
I thought it did more than just create/delete tables.
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Mica
3 months ago
Wait, is it really just for admin tasks? Seems limited.
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Janine
3 months ago
Agreed, option B is the right one!
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Dick
4 months ago
It's definitely a command-line tool, not a GUI.
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Karrie
4 months ago
I’m pretty certain that the HBase shell is not a hypervisor tool, so I’d rule out option C right away.
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Launa
4 months ago
I feel like I might have seen something about a GUI in my notes, but that doesn't seem right for the HBase shell.
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Deane
4 months ago
I remember practicing a question about HBase, and it mentioned creating and deleting tables, so I think option B is correct.
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Taryn
4 months ago
I think the HBase shell is a command-line tool, but I'm not sure if it does more than just user account management.
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