Quiz
275 questions of the kind that actually get asked — in interviews, in architecture review boards, and by the person who has to run the thing at 3 AM. Every answer states the trade-off rather than the slogan, and says when the obvious choice is the wrong one.
All areas275
Architecture Fundamentals9
Distributed Systems26
Data Architecture23
Cloud Architecture19
Networking17
API & Integration Architecture13
Reliability & Resilience9
Observability8
Performance & Capacity Engineering6
Security Architecture16
Cost Architecture & FinOps6
Business Architecture7
Architecture Communication6
Enterprise Architecture6
Legacy Modernization7
AI-Era Architecture6
Software Architecture & Engineering6
Architecture Patterns6
Architecture Decision-Making12
The Architect's Meta-Skills6
Delivery & Release Engineering6
Platform Engineering & Developer Experience6
Testing & Quality Architecture6
Data Platform Architecture6
Streaming & Real-Time Data6
Data Governance & Semantics6
Frontend & Experience Architecture6
Edge, Mobile & IoT6
Regulatory & Data Protection Architecture6
Assurance, Audit & Model Risk7
5 questions in Regulatory & Data Protection Architecture.
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Consent Architecture advanced
A regulator asks how you ensure marketing consent withdrawal is honoured everywhere. What does the architecture need to show?
2 min answer consentprivacypropagationevidence -
Data Residency advanced
Six weeks before launch, legal confirms that customer data for one market must be processed and stored in-country. The architecture is single-region in another jurisdiction. What do you do?
3 min answer residencyregulatoryarchitecturemigration -
Data Subject Rights advanced
Your organisation receives its first subject access request. Nobody knows where the person's data is. How do you respond within thirty days?
2 min answer privacydsardiscoveryprocess -
Exit & Concentration Risk advanced
A regulator asks for evidence that your exit plan from your primary cloud provider is credible. The plan is a twelve-page document. What will they find, and what should you do?
2 min answer exitconcentration-riskregulatorycloud -
PCI-DSS Scoping advanced
An e-commerce platform stores card numbers to support repeat purchases. How do you reduce PCI scope?
2 min answer pcitokenisationscopepayments