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| Topic 1 | - Apache Kafka® Fundamentals: This section of the exam measures skills of a Kafka Administrator and covers core concepts such as Kafka architecture, components, and data flow. It assesses the candidate¡¯s understanding of topics like topics and partitions, brokers, producers, consumers, and message retention.
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| Topic 2 | - Deployment Architecture: This section of the exam measures skills of a Kafka Administrator and covers different Kafka deployment topologies. It evaluates understanding of high availability, disaster recovery, multi-data center replication, and the roles of Zookeeper or KRaft in the cluster architecture.
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| Topic 3 | - Observability: This section of the exam measures skills of a Site Reliability Engineer and focuses on monitoring Kafka clusters. It assesses knowledge of metrics, logging, and alerting tools, including how to use them to maintain cluster health and performance visibility.
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| Topic 4 | - Apache Kafka® Security: This section of the exam measures skills of a Site Reliability Engineer and focuses on securing Kafka environments. It includes authentication mechanisms such as TLS and SASL, authorization using ACLs, and encrypting data at rest and in transit to ensure secure communication and access control.
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| Topic 5 | - Apache Kafka® Cluster Configuration: This section of the exam measures skills of a Kafka Administrator and includes configuring broker properties, tuning for performance, managing topic-level settings, and applying best practices for production-grade environments.
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