Practice Partition Leaders and Followers (Replication) - 3.7 | Week 8: Cloud Applications: MapReduce, Spark, and Apache Kafka | Distributed and Cloud Systems Micro Specialization
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3.7 - Partition Leaders and Followers (Replication)

Learning

Practice Questions

Test your understanding with targeted questions related to the topic.

Question 1

Easy

What is the role of the leader in Kafka?

πŸ’‘ Hint: Think about who handles messages in a partition.

Question 2

Easy

What do followers do in Kafka?

πŸ’‘ Hint: Consider what happens when a leader writes a message.

Practice 4 more questions and get performance evaluation

Interactive Quizzes

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

Question 1

What is the primary function of a leader in Kafka?

  • To manage reads and writes
  • To replicate data
  • To collect metrics

πŸ’‘ Hint: Think about who has control over the partition's data flow.

Question 2

True or False: Followers handle read requests in Kafka.

  • True
  • False

πŸ’‘ Hint: Consider the responsibilities of leaders versus followers.

Solve 1 more question and get performance evaluation

Challenge Problems

Push your limits with challenges.

Question 1

Explain how partition leadership impacts data integrity and availability in a Kafka system. Discuss potential issues if the leadership fails and how ZooKeeper addresses these issues.

πŸ’‘ Hint: Consider the role of the leader in data flow and the mechanism of leadership election.

Question 2

Evaluate the effectiveness of Kafka's replication model in preventing data loss. Discuss scenarios where replication may fail and the importance of configurations.

πŸ’‘ Hint: Think about the balance between availability and consistency.

Challenge and get performance evaluation