CCDAK: Confluent Certified Developer for Apache Kafka — Study Hub

Meet your CCDAK home base. This hub is built for the Confluent Certified Developer for Apache Kafka exam: Kafka client APIs, delivery semantics, consumer groups + offsets, and the trade-offs that show up in real systems.

What you’ll find here

• Overview: what the exam emphasizes, who it’s for, and how to prepare efficiently.
• Study Plan: 30/60/90‑day schedules with weekly focus + practice integration.
• Syllabus: objective-by-objective breakdown organized by topic with quick links to drills.
• Cheatsheet: high-yield tables, configs, and code patterns for last‑mile review.
• Practice: timed drills and mixed sets to build pacing.
• FAQ: common questions on prerequisites, difficulty, and strategy.
• Resources: official Confluent + Apache Kafka docs and references.
• Updates: content changes and syllabus mapping updates.

What CCDAK emphasizes (in one paragraph)

Expect scenario questions that test your ability to produce records reliably, consume at scale with correct offset management, reason about ordering and partitioning, and choose configurations that match intent (throughput vs latency, durability vs cost, “at least once” vs “exactly once”). Schema/serialization and security are common supporting concepts.

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In this section

• CCDAK Cheatsheet — Kafka Producers/Consumers, Offsets, Semantics & Schema Basics
  Comprehensive CCDAK quick reference: Kafka architecture mental models, producer/consumer configs, consumer groups and rebalancing, offset management, delivery semantics (idempotence/transactions), and schema evolution basics.
• CCDAK FAQ — Confluent Kafka Developer Exam Questions Answered
  Common CCDAK questions answered: who it’s for, prerequisites, how long to study, what to focus on (offsets, groups, semantics), and how to practice effectively.
• CCDAK Overview — What’s Tested, Common Traps & How to Prepare
  Everything to know before CCDAK (Confluent Certified Developer for Apache Kafka): what skills are tested, the mental models that matter (partitions, offsets, semantics), and a practical prep funnel.
• CCDAK Practice — Topic Drills & Mixed Sets
  Open the practice app for CCDAK (Confluent Certified Developer for Apache Kafka). Start with topic drills, then move to mixed sets to build exam pacing and confidence.
• CCDAK Resources — Official Confluent & Apache Kafka Docs
  Official resources for CCDAK: Confluent certification pages, Kafka documentation, producer/consumer configuration references, and Confluent Platform docs for schema/serialization, Connect, and Streams.
• CCDAK Study Plan (30 / 60 / 90 Days)
  A practical CCDAK study plan you can follow: 30-day intensive, 60-day balanced, and 90-day part-time schedules with weekly focus, suggested hours/week, and tips for using the Mastery Cloud practice app.
• CCDAK Syllabus — Learning Objectives by Topic
  Blueprint-aligned learning objectives for CCDAK (Confluent Certified Developer for Apache Kafka), organized by topic with quick links to targeted practice.
• CCDAK Updates — Blueprint & Content Changes
  Track changes to the CCDAK study hub: syllabus mapping, cheat sheet refinements, practice coverage, resources, and copy updates.