diff --git a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/Arrow.scala b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/Arrow.scala
index 7100a8f03515..d58a25fd05e2 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/Arrow.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/Arrow.scala
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ object Arrow {
       case LongType => new ArrowType.Int(8 * LongType.defaultSize, true)
       case FloatType => new ArrowType.FloatingPoint(FloatingPointPrecision.SINGLE)
       case DoubleType => new ArrowType.FloatingPoint(FloatingPointPrecision.DOUBLE)
-      case ByteType => new ArrowType.Int(8, false)
+      case ByteType => new ArrowType.Int(8, true)
       case StringType => ArrowType.Utf8.INSTANCE
       case _ => throw new UnsupportedOperationException(s"Unsupported data type: ${dataType}")
     }
diff --git a/sql/core/src/test/resources/test-data/arrow/boolData.json b/sql/core/src/test/resources/test-data/arrow/boolData.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f402e5118cef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sql/core/src/test/resources/test-data/arrow/boolData.json
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+{
+    "schema": {
+        "fields": [
+            {
+                "name": "a_bool",
+                "type": {"name": "bool"},
+                "nullable": false,
+                "children": [],
+                "typeLayout": {
+                    "vectors": [
+                        {"type": "VALIDITY", "typeBitWidth": 1},
+                        {"type": "DATA", "typeBitWidth": 8}
+                    ]
+                }
+            }
+        ]
+    },
+
+    "batches": [
+        {
+            "count": 4,
+            "columns": [
+                {
+                    "name": "a_bool",
+                    "count": 4,
+                    "VALIDITY": [1, 1, 1, 1],
+                    "DATA": [true, true, false, true]
+                }
+            ]
+        }
+    ]
+}
diff --git a/sql/core/src/test/resources/test-data/arrow/byteData.json b/sql/core/src/test/resources/test-data/arrow/byteData.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d0a6ceb818f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sql/core/src/test/resources/test-data/arrow/byteData.json
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+{
+    "schema": {
+        "fields": [
+            {
+                "name": "a_byte",
+                "type": {"name": "int", "isSigned": true, "bitWidth": 8},
+                "nullable": false,
+                "children": [],
+                "typeLayout": {
+                    "vectors": [
+                        {"type": "VALIDITY", "typeBitWidth": 1},
+                        {"type": "DATA", "typeBitWidth": 8}
+                    ]
+                }
+            }
+        ]
+    },
+
+    "batches": [
+        {
+            "count": 4,
+            "columns": [
+                {
+                    "name": "a_byte",
+                    "count": 4,
+                    "VALIDITY": [1, 1, 1, 1],
+                    "DATA": [1, -1, 64, 127]
+                }
+            ]
+        }
+    ]
+}
diff --git a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/ArrowSuite.scala b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/ArrowSuite.scala
index 7b5231824b2a..f51a74084a10 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/ArrowSuite.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/ArrowSuite.scala
@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@
 package org.apache.spark.sql
 
 import java.io.File
+import java.sql.{Date, Timestamp}
+import java.text.SimpleDateFormat
+import java.util.Locale
 
 import org.apache.arrow.memory.RootAllocator
 import org.apache.arrow.vector.{VectorLoader, VectorSchemaRoot}
@@ -62,9 +65,19 @@ class ArrowSuite extends SharedSQLContext {
     collectAndValidate(doubleData, "test-data/arrow/doubleData-double_precision-nullable.json")
   }
 
+  test("boolean type conversion") {
+    val boolData = Seq(true, true, false, true).toDF("a_bool")
+    collectAndValidate(boolData, "test-data/arrow/boolData.json")
+  }
+
+  test("byte type conversion") {
+    val byteData = Seq(1.toByte, (-1).toByte, 64.toByte, Byte.MaxValue).toDF("a_byte")
+    collectAndValidate(byteData, "test-data/arrow/byteData.json")
+  }
+
   test("mixed standard type nullable conversion") {
-    val mixedData = shortData.join(intData, "i").join(longData, "i").join(floatData, "i")
-      .join(doubleData, "i").sort("i")
+    val mixedData = Seq(shortData, intData, longData, floatData, doubleData)
+      .reduce((a, b) => a.join(b, "i")).sort("i")
     collectAndValidate(mixedData, "test-data/arrow/mixedData-standard-nullable.json")
   }
 
@@ -77,7 +90,16 @@ class ArrowSuite extends SharedSQLContext {
     collectAndValidate(lowerCaseData, "test-data/arrow/lowercase-strings.json")
   }
 
-  test("time and date conversion") { }
+  ignore("time and date conversion") {
+    val sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss", Locale.US)
+    val d1 = new Date(sdf.parse("2015-04-08 13:10:15").getTime)
+    val d2 = new Date(sdf.parse("2015-04-08 13:10:15").getTime)
+    val ts1 = new Timestamp(sdf.parse("2013-04-08 01:10:15").getTime)
+    val ts2 = new Timestamp(sdf.parse("2013-04-08 13:10:10").getTime)
+    val dateTimeData = Seq((d1, sdf.format(d1), ts1), (d2, sdf.format(d2), ts2))
+      .toDF("a_date", "b_string", "c_timestamp")
+    collectAndValidate(dateTimeData, "test-data/arrow/datetimeData-strings.json")
+  }
 
   test("nested type conversion") { }
 
@@ -93,11 +115,6 @@ class ArrowSuite extends SharedSQLContext {
 
   test("floating-point NaN") { }
 
-  // Arrow currently supports single or double precision
-  ignore("arbitrary precision floating point") {
-    collectAndValidate(decimalData, "test-data/arrow/decimalData-BigDecimal.json")
-  }
-
   test("other null conversion") { }
 
   test("convert int column with null to arrow") {
@@ -115,7 +132,13 @@ class ArrowSuite extends SharedSQLContext {
     assert(emptyBatch.getLength == 0)
   }
 
-  test("negative tests") {
+  test("unsupported types") {
+    intercept[UnsupportedOperationException] {
+      collectAndValidate(decimalData, "test-data/arrow/decimalData-BigDecimal.json")
+    }
+  }
+
+  test("test Arrow Validator") {
 
     // Missing test file
     intercept[NullPointerException] {