Cheat sheet & self-check

Pick an answer to see if you got it, and why.

1. Q1. What is a sensible default cluster topology for a new platform with 30 teams?

   1. AOne cluster per team
   2. BA small number of multi-tenant clusters per environment and region, with namespaces, quotas and policies per team, and separate clusters only for hard isolation needs
   3. COne cluster for everything, including dev and prod
   4. DOne cluster per app
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   B. Few shared clusters keep operations manageable; prod and non-prod stay separate; hard requirements (compliance, GPUs, special kernels) justify extra clusters.

   From lesson 16 · Architecture & design review

2. Q2. What should an architecture review check first?

   1. AThe colour of dashboards
   2. BRequirements (availability, compliance, scale, team skills) and whether each major decision traces back to them
   3. CThe number of node pools
   4. DThe Terraform formatting
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   B. Decisions are only right or wrong relative to requirements. A review that skips them can't judge the trade-offs.

   From lesson 16 · Architecture & design review