Interview prep
Kafka interview questions
Topics, partitions, consumer groups, delivery guarantees and stream processing. Practise free with instant feedback, then test yourself in a timed exam.
Sample Kafka questions
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Q1
In Kafka, every partition has exactly one:
- A Topic Owner
- B Controller
- C Consumer Group
- D Leader
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Q2
The leader partition is responsible for:
- A Storing Configurations Only
- B Managing Consumers Only
- C Handling Read and Write Requests
- D Creating Topics
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Q3
Follower partitions primarily:
- A Accept Producer Writes
- B Create Offsets
- C Handle Client Requests Directly
- D Replicate Data from the Leader
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Q4
Producers send messages to:
- A Controller Broker
- B Leader Partitions
- C Random Replicas
- D Followers Only
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Q5
Consumers typically read data from:
- A Controller Only
- B Leader Partitions
- C ZooKeeper
- D Followers Only
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