What is the replication factor will you specify while creating the topic?

There are 3 brokers in the cluster. You want to create a topic with a single partition that is resilient to one broker failure and one broker maintenance .

What is the replication factor will you specify while creating the topic?
A . 6
B . 3
C . 2
D . 1

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Answer: B

Explanation:

1 is not possible as it doesn’t provide resilience to failure, 2 is not enough as if we take a broker down for maintenance, we cannot tolerate a broker failure, and 6 is impossible as we only have 3 brokers (RF cannot be greater than the number of brokers). Here the correct answer is 3