A .  The Mapper outputs are sorted and then partitioned per Reducer
B .  The total number of partitions is the same as the number of reduce tasks for the job
C .  The intermediate, sorted outputs are always stored in a simple (key-len, key, value-len, value) format
D .  None of the mentioned
Answer: Option D
All intermediate values associated with a given output key are subsequently grouped by the framework, and passed to the Reducer(s) to determine the final output.
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