3. Software Design
Scalability — Quiz
Test your understanding of scalability with 5 practice questions.
Practice Questions
Question 1
Which of the following best describes horizontal scaling in a distributed system?
Question 2
In a load-balanced architecture, which algorithm evenly distributes requests across all available servers in a round-robin fashion?
Question 3
Which of the following caching strategies involves storing frequently accessed data closer to the user to reduce latency?
Question 4
Which of the following is the main advantage of using a Content Delivery Network (CDN) in a scalable architecture?
Question 5
A system is designed to scale by partitioning its database into multiple shards. What is a potential drawback of this approach?