Practice Consumer Group Offsets (in older versions) - 3.4.2.4 | Week 8: Cloud Applications: MapReduce, Spark, and Apache Kafka | Distributed and Cloud Systems Micro Specialization
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3.4.2.4 - Consumer Group Offsets (in older versions)

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Practice Questions

Test your understanding with targeted questions related to the topic.

Question 1

Easy

What is the primary function of consumer group offsets?

πŸ’‘ Hint: Think about what happens when consumers read messages.

Question 2

Easy

Which system did older versions of Kafka use to manage offsets?

πŸ’‘ Hint: Consider what external system was commonly associated with distributed applications.

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Interactive Quizzes

Engage in quick quizzes to reinforce what you've learned and check your comprehension.

Question 1

What do consumer group offsets indicate?

  • The last processed message
  • The number of consumers
  • Message retention time

πŸ’‘ Hint: Think about why tracking processing positions is critical.

Question 2

True or False: Offsets are stored in the Kafka topic in older versions of Kafka.

  • True
  • False

πŸ’‘ Hint: Consider where older Kafka implementations stored state information.

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Challenge Problems

Push your limits with challenges.

Question 1

Discuss the challenges of managing consumer group offsets with ZooKeeper and propose a comprehensive solution that outlines the advantages of your approach.

πŸ’‘ Hint: Consider the evolution of Kafka and how it addresses earlier limitations.

Question 2

Evaluate what could happen if a consumer fails but doesn't have its offset stored correctly. Discuss potential recovery strategies.

πŸ’‘ Hint: Think about how redundancy can help in data streaming applications.

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