Box 1: No -
AdventureWorks Cycles should use the dedicated service plan. The Dedicated service tier consists of S1 Standard instance, and the P1 premium instance.
Note: When you deploy your web app, web app on Linux, mobile back end, and API app to App Service, you can deploy to a separate deployment slot instead of the default production slot when running in the Standard, Premium, or Isolated App Service plan tier.
Box 2: Yes -
The prototype plan can be used for Research.
The Prototype Service consists F1 (free) instance, and D1 (shared instance)
Box 3: No -
Coho Vineyeard can be hosted on the Shared service tier.
The Shared service tier consists of the B1 and B2 basic instances.
References:
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/details/app-service/windows/
