Question 1

A broker running out of disk space can cause service disruption. How can this be mitigated?

Options :

A : Reducing log retention period

B : 1 and 3

C : Increasing `log.segment.bytes` size

D : Configuring a separate disk for Kafka logs

Answer: B

Question 2

A Kafka administrator needs to install a new Kafka cluster. What is the minimum number of brokers recommended for production?

Options :

A : 2

B : 5

C : 1

D : 3

Answer: D

Question 3

What is the purpose of the `zookeeper.connect` property in Kafka broker configuration?

Options :

A : To enable inter-broker communication

B : To configure producer retries

C : To specify the connection to the Kafka Controller

D : To define the ZooKeeper quorum that manages metadata

Answer: D

Question 4

How can you verify the health of a Kafka broker?

Options :

A : Check the logs for error messages

B : Use `kafka-topics --describe` to inspect partition details

C : Monitor under-replicated partitions and ISR lag

D : All of the above

Answer: D

Question 5

What is the default replication factor for Kafka topics?

Options :

A : 5

B : 3

C : 2

D : 1

Answer: D