Practice Data Model: Topics, Partitions, And Offsets (3.3) - Cloud Applications: MapReduce, Spark, and Apache Kafka
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Data Model: Topics, Partitions, and Offsets

Practice - Data Model: Topics, Partitions, and Offsets

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Practice Questions

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Question 1 Easy

What is a topic in Kafka?

💡 Hint: Think about how information gets organized.

Question 2 Easy

What is the purpose of partitions in Kafka?

💡 Hint: Consider how messages can be managed efficiently.

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Question 1

What defines a Kafka topic?

A unique identifier for messages
A logical grouping of messages
A method of data compression

💡 Hint: Think about how messages are organized.

Question 2

True or False: The ordering of messages in Kafka is guaranteed across all partitions of a topic.

True
False

💡 Hint: Consider how data is handled in separate segments.

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Challenge 1 Hard

Design a Kafka messaging structure for a news application that includes breaking news updates and comment threads.

💡 Hint: Consider dynamic user engagement and the need for timely updates.

Challenge 2 Hard

Analyze the impact of a partition becoming unavailable due to a server failure. How does Kafka handle this situation?

💡 Hint: Think about how redundancy functions in distributed systems.

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