Backpressure & Scaling interview questions

12 real Backpressure & Scaling questions from the Message Queues bank, as asked in Indian campus drives and tech interviews. Every question has a verified answer and an AI-tutor explanation on placd — free to start.

1. What is Consumer lag?

Mid
  1. A.the gap between the latest produced record and the position a reader has reached, indicating it is falling behind
  2. B.the volume of messages a system can move through per unit of time
  3. C.adding more reader instances to share partitions and raise aggregate processing capacity
  4. D.a feedback mechanism that slows producers when downstream consumers cannot keep up with the incoming rate
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2. Which term means: "the gap between the latest produced record and the position a reader has reached, indicating it is falling behind"?

Mid
  1. A.Backpressure
  2. B.Consumer lag
  3. C.Throughput
  4. D.Horizontal consumer scaling
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3. Which statement is correct?

Mid
  1. A.Consumer lag — a feedback mechanism that slows producers when downstream consumers cannot keep up with the incoming rate
  2. B.Consumer lag — adding more reader instances to share partitions and raise aggregate processing capacity
  3. C.Consumer lag — the gap between the latest produced record and the position a reader has reached, indicating it is falling behind
  4. D.Consumer lag — the volume of messages a system can move through per unit of time
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4. What is Backpressure?

Mid
  1. A.the volume of messages a system can move through per unit of time
  2. B.a feedback mechanism that slows producers when downstream consumers cannot keep up with the incoming rate
  3. C.adding more reader instances to share partitions and raise aggregate processing capacity
  4. D.the gap between the latest produced record and the position a reader has reached, indicating it is falling behind
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6. Which statement is correct?

Mid
  1. A.Backpressure — a feedback mechanism that slows producers when downstream consumers cannot keep up with the incoming rate
  2. B.Backpressure — the gap between the latest produced record and the position a reader has reached, indicating it is falling behind
  3. C.Backpressure — adding more reader instances to share partitions and raise aggregate processing capacity
  4. D.Backpressure — the volume of messages a system can move through per unit of time
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7. What is Horizontal consumer scaling?

Senior
  1. A.a feedback mechanism that slows producers when downstream consumers cannot keep up with the incoming rate
  2. B.the gap between the latest produced record and the position a reader has reached, indicating it is falling behind
  3. C.the volume of messages a system can move through per unit of time
  4. D.adding more reader instances to share partitions and raise aggregate processing capacity
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9. Which statement is correct?

Senior
  1. A.Horizontal consumer scaling — a feedback mechanism that slows producers when downstream consumers cannot keep up with the incoming rate
  2. B.Horizontal consumer scaling — adding more reader instances to share partitions and raise aggregate processing capacity
  3. C.Horizontal consumer scaling — the volume of messages a system can move through per unit of time
  4. D.Horizontal consumer scaling — the gap between the latest produced record and the position a reader has reached, indicating it is falling behind
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10. What is Throughput?

Senior
  1. A.adding more reader instances to share partitions and raise aggregate processing capacity
  2. B.the volume of messages a system can move through per unit of time
  3. C.a feedback mechanism that slows producers when downstream consumers cannot keep up with the incoming rate
  4. D.the gap between the latest produced record and the position a reader has reached, indicating it is falling behind
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12. Which statement is correct?

Senior
  1. A.Throughput — the volume of messages a system can move through per unit of time
  2. B.Throughput — the gap between the latest produced record and the position a reader has reached, indicating it is falling behind
  3. C.Throughput — a feedback mechanism that slows producers when downstream consumers cannot keep up with the incoming rate
  4. D.Throughput — adding more reader instances to share partitions and raise aggregate processing capacity
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