Azure App Service Deployment Slots Quiz

1. What does 'slot affinity' or 'session affinity' ensure in deployment slots?

User requests always go to the same slot instance

Slots are geographically distributed

Database connections are pooled

Traffic is load-balanced evenly

2. What is a common naming convention for deployment slots used in CI/CD pipelines?

Slot1, Slot2, Slot3

Staging and production

Dev, test, staging, production

V1, v2, v3

3. Can you view real-time metrics and logs for a specific deployment slot?

No, metrics are aggregated across all slots

Yes, each slot has its own monitoring data

Only for the production slot

Only with Application Insights

4. What is the primary advantage of using deployment slots for continuous deployment?

Reduced disk space usage

Zero-downtime deployments with easy rollback capability

Lower Azure costs

Simplified database management

5. Which setting determines whether a slot setting is swapped or stays in place?

Slot-sticky configuration

The 'Slot Setting' checkbox in app settings

Environment variable marking

Connection string type

6. What happens to the previous production slot after a successful swap?

It is automatically deleted

It becomes a staging slot with the old version

It is archived

It continues running the new version

7. How many deployment slots can a Standard tier App Service plan have?

1

3

5

10

8. What is the purpose of the 'Swap with preview' feature?

To view slot content before swapping

To gradually swap traffic and validate changes before committing

To create a backup before swapping

To schedule automatic swaps

9. Can deployment slot content be swapped between two non-production slots?

No, swapping only works with production

Yes, you can swap any two slots

Only with premium tier

Only if both slots are empty

10. Which of the following is a valid reason to use multiple deployment slots?

To reduce Azure subscription costs

To test new features without affecting production users

To increase application performance

To manage multiple Azure subscriptions

11. What is the primary purpose of deployment slots in Azure App Service?

To store application backups

To enable testing in production-like environments before swapping to production

To increase storage capacity

To manage database connections

12. How do you roll back a failed deployment using slots?

Delete the production slot

Swap the current production slot back to the previous one

Restart the app service

Redeploy the previous version manually

13. What is the minimum App Service plan tier required for deployment slots?

Free

Shared

Standard

Premium

14. Which app settings are NOT swapped during a slot swap operation by default?

Connection strings

Custom domain settings

Application settings marked as 'slot-specific'

Handler mappings

15. What feature allows you to gradually shift traffic from one slot to another?

Instant swap

Traffic routing

Progressive routing

Load balancing

16. Can you configure different app settings for each deployment slot?

No, all slots share the same configuration

Yes, each slot can have slot-specific settings

Only for the production slot

Only if using premium tier

17. What is a blue-green deployment strategy in Azure App Service?

Running two identical production environments and switching traffic between them

Using blue and green color codes for monitoring

Deploying to two geographic regions

Creating backups with different names

18. Which deployment slot is typically used for production traffic?

Development slot

Staging slot

Production slot

Test slot

19. What happens to traffic during a slot swap operation?

Traffic is dropped temporarily

Traffic is redirected instantly without downtime

Traffic is paused for 5 minutes

Users must manually refresh their browsers

20. How many deployment slots does the Free tier of App Service support?

0

1

5

10

Azure Developer App Service Deployment Slots Quiz