@Test
public void testSpecExDisabled() throws Exception {

  final Kiji kiji = getKiji();
  final KijiTableLayout layout = KijiTableLayout.createUpdatedLayout(
      KijiTableLayouts.getLayout(KijiTableLayouts.SIMPLE),  null);
  kiji.createTable("table", layout);
  KijiURI tableURI = KijiURI.newBuilder(kiji.getURI()).withTableName("table").build();
  final Job job = new Job();
  new DirectKijiTableMapReduceJobOutput(tableURI).configure(job);
  final Configuration conf = job.getConfiguration();
  boolean isMapSpecExEnabled = conf.getBoolean("mapred.map.tasks.speculative.execution", true);
  assertFalse(isMapSpecExEnabled);
}