Which two statements are correct when assigning partitions to the consumers in a consumer group...

Using assign() givesmanual controlover partition assignment. In this mode:

B is true: The applicationchooses partitionsdirectly without involving the group coordinator.

C is true: Since no group coordination occurs,no rebalancinghappens if a consumer dies.

FromKafka Consumer API Docs:

“assign() manually assigns a list of partitions to this consumer. No coordination takes place and no rebalancing is triggered.”

A is false: subscribe() and assign() aremutually exclusive.

D is incorrect: Partitions don't need to be equal across topics.