Purpose-Built Database Selection Quiz

Quiz covering New Architecture Design

Questions in this quiz

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1. 1

   Which type of database is most suitable for a high-velocity application requiring sub-millisecond latency for simple key-value lookups?

2. 2

   An e-commerce platform needs to store product catalogs with varying attributes that frequently change. Which database model provides the most flexibility for this schema-less design?

3. 3

   You are designing a social networking feature that tracks 'friends-of-friends' relationships. Which database is architected to handle these complex, multi-hop queries efficiently?

4. 4

   A utility company needs to ingest millions of sensor readings per second to monitor grid performance over time. Which database category is the best fit?

5. 5

   When migrating a legacy monolithic application to a microservices architecture, why is it often recommended to move away from a single shared relational database towards a 'database-per-service' model?