Quiz
2627 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 areas2627
Architecture Fundamentals81
Distributed Systems101
Data Architecture90
Cloud Architecture77
Networking86
API & Integration Architecture78
Reliability & Resilience88
Observability81
Performance & Capacity Engineering90
Security Architecture85
Cost Architecture & FinOps82
Business Architecture93
Architecture Communication91
Enterprise Architecture91
Legacy Modernization82
AI-Era Architecture86
Software Architecture & Engineering84
Architecture Patterns84
Architecture Decision-Making91
The Architect's Meta-Skills92
Delivery & Release Engineering93
Platform Engineering & Developer Experience92
Testing & Quality Architecture90
Data Platform Architecture88
Streaming & Real-Time Data93
Data Governance & Semantics81
Frontend & Experience Architecture91
Edge, Mobile & IoT88
Regulatory & Data Protection Architecture90
Assurance, Audit & Model Risk88
2 questions in Cost & FinOps.
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Cloud Pricing Models beginner
From 1 February 2024 a major cloud provider began billing every public IPv4 address at roughly $0.005 per address-hour. Your estate runs about 2000 instances plus managed databases, load balancers and per-branch preview environments. Roughly what did that add per year, and what should change because of it?
3 min answer cloud pricingipv4estimationorphaned resources -
Architecture Cost Modelling beginner
Every feature branch gets its own environment - one small always-on service, a managed NAT gateway, a load balancer and a small managed database. Roughly what does one idle environment cost per month at 2026 cloud list prices, and what does that imply for 60 open branches?
2 min answer environmentsnat-gatewayfixed-costbeginner