CCDAK Official Resources: Blueprint and Kafka Documentation
Find Confluent certification information and primary Kafka documentation for clients, Streams, Connect, schemas and developer testing.
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Official Confluent certification links
Check Confluent’s current developer certification requirements and preparation guidance before booking CCDAK. Use version-specific Kafka documentation to check technical behavior.
Mastery Exam Prep is independent companion practice: original practice questions and explanations, not official questions, copied live-exam content, or exam dumps.
Last checked: September 28, 2026. Use Confluent for exam requirements and the relevant product documentation for technical behavior.
| Source | Use it for |
|---|---|
| Confluent certifications | Current certification identities, exam duration and booking information. |
| CCDAK exam preparation guide | Confluent’s preparation guidance and developer scope. |
| Confluent developer blueprint | The available 2025 issuer outline and six topic areas; check the training portal for later revisions. |
| Apache Kafka documentation | Version-specific producer, consumer, Streams and Connect behavior. |
| Kafka 4.0 producer configuration | Timeout, acknowledgment, idempotence and batching settings used by many practice examples. |
| Schema Registry evolution | Compatibility direction, history and format-specific behavior. |
| Avro specification | Writer/reader resolution, defaults and type promotion. |
The available blueprint lists fundamentals 23%, application development 28%, Streams 12%, Connect 15%, testing 8% and observability 13%. These printed figures total 99%; IT Mastery normalizes their proportions when allocating practice. The preview is rounded to whole questions.
Confluent’s current certification page lists a 90-minute exam. The sources checked did not establish a fixed official item count, numeric passing score or required Kafka release. The 24-question public preview is an editorial sample. It is not a statement of the exam’s length.
The public training entry and the available PDF are separately linked here; the current portal’s attachment to that exact PDF was not confirmed. Follow the requirements shown for your booking if Confluent updates its guidance.