Lecture #1.3 - Streaming Data Storage with Apache Kafka

What is the main purpose of Kafka in a Big Data architecture?

• Storing structured data

• Batch processing

• Real-time data ingestion

• Data visualization

What is the unit of data in Kafka?

• Structured data

• Unstructured data

• Compressed data

• Binary data

What is the purpose of schemas in Kafka?

• To organize data into topics

• To specify the structure of messages

• To manage consumer groups

• To replicate data across clusters

What is the function of a Kafka producer?

• To read messages from Kafka

• To write messages into Kafka

• To manage Kafka clusters

• To organize messages into topics

What is the purpose of partitions in Kafka topics?

• To store messages in a centralized location

• To organize messages within a topic

• To manage Kafka brokers

• To validate message schemas

What is the role of a Kafka consumer?

• To manage Kafka clusters

• To write messages into Kafka

• To organize messages into topics

• To read messages from Kafka

What is the function of a Kafka broker?

• To write messages into Kafka

• To read messages from Kafka

• To organize messages into topics

• To serve messages to consumers

What is the purpose of a Kafka cluster?

• To organize messages within a topic

• To store messages in a centralized location

• To work together as a set of brokers

• To validate message schemas

What is the maximum number of partitions a single Kafka broker can handle?

• Hundreds of partitions per topic

• Thousands of partitions per topic

• Millions of partitions per topic

• Unlimited partitions per topic

What is the role of the Cluster Controller in a Kafka cluster?

• Assigning offsets to messages

• Monitoring for broker failures

• Running administrative operations

• Serving messages to consumers