Kafka interview questions

18 real Kafka 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 group?

Mid
  1. A.the policy that keeps records for a configured time or size rather than deleting them upon consumption
  2. B.the single partition copy that handles all reads and writes while followers stay in sync
  3. C.a set of cooperating readers that share a subscription so each partition is handled by exactly one member at a time
  4. D.the redistribution of partition assignments among group members when a consumer joins or leaves
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3. Which statement is correct?

Mid
  1. A.Consumer group — the number of copies of each partition kept across brokers to tolerate node failure
  2. B.Consumer group — the redistribution of partition assignments among group members when a consumer joins or leaves
  3. C.Consumer group — the append-only, ordered, immutable record structure that underpins how this platform stores each partition
  4. D.Consumer group — a set of cooperating readers that share a subscription so each partition is handled by exactly one member at a time
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4. What is Commit log?

Mid
  1. A.the append-only, ordered, immutable record structure that underpins how this platform stores each partition
  2. B.the redistribution of partition assignments among group members when a consumer joins or leaves
  3. C.a set of cooperating readers that share a subscription so each partition is handled by exactly one member at a time
  4. D.the policy that keeps records for a configured time or size rather than deleting them upon consumption
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6. Which statement is correct?

Mid
  1. A.Commit log — the append-only, ordered, immutable record structure that underpins how this platform stores each partition
  2. B.Commit log — the redistribution of partition assignments among group members when a consumer joins or leaves
  3. C.Commit log — the single partition copy that handles all reads and writes while followers stay in sync
  4. D.Commit log — the policy that keeps records for a configured time or size rather than deleting them upon consumption
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7. What is Log retention?

Mid
  1. A.the redistribution of partition assignments among group members when a consumer joins or leaves
  2. B.a set of cooperating readers that share a subscription so each partition is handled by exactly one member at a time
  3. C.the policy that keeps records for a configured time or size rather than deleting them upon consumption
  4. D.the single partition copy that handles all reads and writes while followers stay in sync
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9. Which statement is correct?

Mid
  1. A.Log retention — the policy that keeps records for a configured time or size rather than deleting them upon consumption
  2. B.Log retention — the redistribution of partition assignments among group members when a consumer joins or leaves
  3. C.Log retention — the number of copies of each partition kept across brokers to tolerate node failure
  4. D.Log retention — the append-only, ordered, immutable record structure that underpins how this platform stores each partition
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10. What is Replication factor?

Senior
  1. A.the redistribution of partition assignments among group members when a consumer joins or leaves
  2. B.the single partition copy that handles all reads and writes while followers stay in sync
  3. C.the number of copies of each partition kept across brokers to tolerate node failure
  4. D.the policy that keeps records for a configured time or size rather than deleting them upon consumption
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12. Which statement is correct?

Senior
  1. A.Replication factor — a set of cooperating readers that share a subscription so each partition is handled by exactly one member at a time
  2. B.Replication factor — the number of copies of each partition kept across brokers to tolerate node failure
  3. C.Replication factor — the policy that keeps records for a configured time or size rather than deleting them upon consumption
  4. D.Replication factor — the append-only, ordered, immutable record structure that underpins how this platform stores each partition
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13. What is Rebalance?

Senior
  1. A.the number of copies of each partition kept across brokers to tolerate node failure
  2. B.a set of cooperating readers that share a subscription so each partition is handled by exactly one member at a time
  3. C.the redistribution of partition assignments among group members when a consumer joins or leaves
  4. D.the policy that keeps records for a configured time or size rather than deleting them upon consumption
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15. Which statement is correct?

Senior
  1. A.Rebalance — the single partition copy that handles all reads and writes while followers stay in sync
  2. B.Rebalance — the number of copies of each partition kept across brokers to tolerate node failure
  3. C.Rebalance — the redistribution of partition assignments among group members when a consumer joins or leaves
  4. D.Rebalance — the policy that keeps records for a configured time or size rather than deleting them upon consumption
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16. What is Leader replica?

Senior
  1. A.the redistribution of partition assignments among group members when a consumer joins or leaves
  2. B.a set of cooperating readers that share a subscription so each partition is handled by exactly one member at a time
  3. C.the single partition copy that handles all reads and writes while followers stay in sync
  4. D.the number of copies of each partition kept across brokers to tolerate node failure
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18. Which statement is correct?

Senior
  1. A.Leader replica — the single partition copy that handles all reads and writes while followers stay in sync
  2. B.Leader replica — the policy that keeps records for a configured time or size rather than deleting them upon consumption
  3. C.Leader replica — the redistribution of partition assignments among group members when a consumer joins or leaves
  4. D.Leader replica — the append-only, ordered, immutable record structure that underpins how this platform stores each partition
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