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| Topic 1 | - Kafka Connect: This section of the exam measures skills of a Site Reliability Engineer and addresses the use and management of Kafka Connect for data integration. It includes setting up connectors, managing configurations, and ensuring efficient movement of data between Kafka and external systems.
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| Topic 2 | - 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 3 | - 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 4 | - 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 5 | - Troubleshooting: This section of the exam measures skills of a Kafka Administrator and includes diagnosing common issues in Kafka clusters. It covers problem areas such as performance bottlenecks, message delivery failures, replication issues, and consumer lag, along with techniques to resolve them effectively.
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| Topic 6 | - 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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