Apache Kafka Objective Questions and Answers

Test your skills with Apache Kafka objective questions with answers and detailed explanations. Covers Kafka architecture, producers, consumers, partitions, offsets, transactions, exactly-once semantics, and performance tuning.

This Apache Kafka quiz contains carefully curated objective questions with correct answers and clear explanations. It is designed for developers, data engineers, and interview preparation, covering Kafka internals, distributed messaging concepts, fault tolerance, and real-time streaming best practices.

Practice Apache Kafka MCQs with Detailed Explanations

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Which configuration controls batching?
Medium
32
What does linger.ms do?
High
33
Which compression type is supported in Kafka?
Medium
34
What is the purpose of min.insync.replicas?
High
35
What happens if min.insync.replicas is not met?
High
36
What is transactional producer used for?
High
37
Which isolation level is used for transactions?
High
38
Which tool is used to monitor Kafka clusters?
Medium
39
What is a segment in Kafka log?
High
40
Which command-line tool is used to produce messages?
Medium
41
Which command-line tool is used to consume messages?
Medium
42
What is the default retention policy?
Medium
43
What is the max size of a Kafka message by default?
High
44
Which component handles schema evolution?
High
45
What is the purpose of Kafka ACLs?
Medium
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